La Mandragore (1972)
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Claude Jade, Paul Barge, Angelo Bardi, Roger Pelletier, Nathalie Nerval, Joseph Falcucci, Raymond Jourdan
A wealthy young man falls desperately in love with a beautiful, faithful woman whose much older husband has not introduced her to love.
The story
Callimaco, a wealthy young man, falls desperately in love with Lucrezia, the beautiful and faithful young wife of Messer Nicia, a man much older than she is. Her husband has not managed to introduce her to love. Lucrezia resists the combined pressure of her mother, her confessor and her husband, while Callimaco faces the question of how to approach her. Her fidelity and the pressure surrounding her stand between him and the woman he loves.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Callimaco (Paul Barge), a wealthy young man, falls desperately in love with Lucrezia (Claude Jade), the young and very beautiful wife of Messer Nicia (Angelo Bardi), a man much older than she is. But Lucrezia is honest and faithful. Her husband has not managed to introduce her to love. Lucrezia will resist for a long time the combined pressure from her mother (Nathalie Nerval), her confessor (Raymond Jourdan) and her husband before agreeing to cheat on the latter. How can he approach her?
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