Le retour d'Afrique (1973)
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Josée Destoop, François Marthouret, Juliet Berto, Anne Wiazemsky
A young Swiss couple seek a more meaningful life beyond their routine in Geneva.
The story
Vincent works as a horticulturist and Françoise as a secretary; the young Swiss couple have been married for two years. Their routine life in Geneva no longer suits them, while they do not yet feel ready to have a child. Hoping to give their lives meaning, they decide to move to the Third World. A friend living in Algiers promises them work in an African country, offering them a possible path away from their familiar life.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Vincent, a horticulturist, and Françoise, a secretary, are two young Swiss people who have been married for two years. Since their routine life in Geneva no longer suits them, and they do not yet feel ready to have a child, they decide to move to the Third World to give their lives meaning. A friend of theirs living in Algiers promises them work in an African country. But just as they are about to leave, they receive a telegram asking them to cancel their departure. They go back to their jobs and decide to have a child.
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