Le Démon de midi (2005)
Directed by Marie-Pascale Osterrieth

Comedy / Drama
aka: The Demon Stirs

Film Synopsis

Anna and Julien are an ordinary-looking Parisian couple who have enjoyed the most harmonious of love affairs for fifteen years.  In this time, they have not only built a happy home together, they have also brought up a darling little boy.  Life could not have been kinder to them.  But then, at the age when the male menopause begins to kick in, Anna realises that Julien no longer feels for her as he once did.  It becomes apparent to her that he is in love - but not with her.

This revelation is one that both disgusts and shocks Anna, as it is the last thing she would have expected at their stage in their marriage.  Julien finally confides in his wife that he has found himself another woman and is presently caught up in the most intense of love affairs.  Her husband's unwarranted infidelity is something that Anna finds difficult to accept at first but, for the sake of her son, she knows she has to see it through and not allow her emotions to get the better of her.  In the end, contrary to her earlier fears, she finds she can even laugh it off...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
  • Script: Michèle Bernier, Florence Cestac, Marie-Pascale Osterrieth
  • Cinematographer: Charles Van Damme
  • Music: Jacques Davidovici
  • Cast: Michèle Bernier (Anne Cestac), Simon Abkarian (Julien Cestac), Mathis Arguillère (Pierre), Hiam Abbass (Rim), Zinedine Soualem (Samir), Julie-Anne Roth (Claire), Jérôme Pouly (Didier), Florence Viala (Maude), Toni Garrani (Nino), Alexandra Pandev (Alex), Stéphane Hillel (Gabby), Jean-Marc Bihour (Tristan), Jean-Luc Lemoine (Raphaël), Aylin Yay (La mère d'Anne), Jean-Louis Foulquier (Le père d'Anne), Claudia Cardinale (Claudia Cardinale), Gabrielle Lopes Benites (Anne enfant), Mehdi Djéroudi (Didier enfant), Annie Mercier (La grand-mère d'Anne), Olivia Brunaux (La mère de Didier)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: The Demon Stirs

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