The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
Jan 04 1989
•2h 57m
•Drama, Comedy
In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...
Cast
See allJean-François Stévenin
Martin
Susan Moncur
Dora
Clément Thomas
Clément
Emilie Thomas
Émilie
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