The Discreet
Nov 21 1990
•2h 34m
•Romance, Drama
There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, decides to seduce a young woman with the singular purpose of keeping a diary of the seduction and then dump her before publishing the book about it. Unfortunately he falls in love with her.
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Fabrice Luchini
Antoine
Judith Henry
Catherine
Maurice Garrel
Jean
Marie Bunel
Solange
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