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The Woman Next Door | 
| Director: Francois Truffaut
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool
Studio: United Artists Classics
Category: Video
Buy Used: $16.99
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 17830
Format: Color, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1572525886
UPC: 720917014784
EAN: 9781572525887
ASIN: B00000JQBF
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Release Date: August 24, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Gerard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star as former lovers who find themselves unintentionally reunited seven years later as neighbors in a small French village who rekindle their ill-fated relationship.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 The Woman Next Door July 10, 2007
John Farr
"Woman" pairs Ardant with the ever-charismatic Depardieu in this tangled tale of love. Truffaut makes an oddly familiar premise fresh via his own intelligent, insightful script and top-notch turns from his well-paired stars, who really give off sparks here. Henri Garcin and Michele Baumgartner also lend restrained but effective support as the couple's victimized spouses. Intense and heart-rending, "The Woman Next Door" is definitely worth a visit.
Unforgettable June 26, 2007
E. Nanol (Los Angeles, CA)
Ardant is irrestible and mesmerizing and Depardieu with that wit and charm. The merging of two enormous talents, one complementing the other and vice versa, is a rare instance that one can only express gratitude to the genius Truffaut for creating such film.
The last Hitchcock `s farewell! November 2, 2005
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Truffaut really looked outstanding with this somber psychological study of the human soul, its affections and reminiscences around the intend of reviving a past passionate love affair, when the casualty face them again. She is his neighbor but he is happily married, though she really does not care about it, because she is living her actual passion as if the time would have suspended. In this state of things this fact is not any obstacle to her.
A true gem of the French Cinema that has proved countless opportunities how handle with this issue. Depardieu and Ardant are both perfect: the final scene is simply unforgettable.
A true icon picture.
 The making of a diva July 14, 2002
C. Court (http://adorio.blogspot.com/)
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
Ardant and Depardieu look younger in this film, although age has not hurt Fanny Ardant, has made her even more beautiful (see 8 Femmes). This movie is about 20 years old so this was France at the time of Truffaut. This was the first movie of Fanny Ardant directed by Francois Truffaut. She is beautiful in this movie, in fact Truffaut eventually married her and they had a daughter.Gerard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant are former lovers who are reunited unintentionally after several years, as neighbors in a small village (think small y none of Paris - with proverbial French dogs, yes, the canine variety, one is inside a restaurant with diners!) They are married to different people who both seem very nice, one would think the past is behind the two former lovers, but this is a Truffaut movie, it cannot be mundane or even predictable nor be a soap opera. While the movie will not push you on the edge of your seat, Truffaut is a master in exploiting the senses and emotions. The interactions of the former lovers gives you a glimpse of the nature of their past relationship. It was not an ordinary affair. Ardant and Depardieu rekindle their affair and the emotional roller coaster starts. There are deep psychological scars that now create new wounds with the rekindling of the relationship. The movie is sensuous, funny, lighthearted, disturbing then dark and sad. The end is very surprising. The DVD features trailers from Truffaut's other films including 400 Blows and the Wild Child.
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