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Flash Back

Flash Back

1985 1h 25m

A man alone in an empty house somewhere in the Solagne region of France. Despite the pleasent light of spring, the man is prey to anguished thoughts : a brewing storm, the blood of two children, a face glimpsed behind a windowpane, sleepless nights spent waiting for the dawn. The man is Vincet Delaune, a famous novelist. But he is having a hard time finisshing his latedt book. A stone's throw from his house, two little girls were killed. In spite of Vincent's disgust at the crime, he is irresistably drawn to the little abandoned train station where the bodies of the twins were found...

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A man alone in an empty house somewhere in the Solagne region of France. Despite the pleasent light of spring, the man is prey to anguished thoughts : a brewing storm, the blood of two children, a face glimpsed behind a windowpane, sleepless nights spent waiting for the dawn. The man is Vincet Delaune, a famous novelist. But he is having a hard time finisshing his latedt book. A stone's throw from his house, two little girls were killed. In spite of Vincent's disgust at the crime, he is irresistably drawn to the little abandoned train station where the bodies of the twins were found...

Behind it

Olivier NolinOlivier NolinDirectorJean-Jacques SantiveriWriter

Cast

Daniel OlbrychskiDaniel OlbrychskiVincent Delaune / Thomas
Nicole CalfanNicole CalfanFlorence Delaune
Marthe VillalongaMarthe VillalongaMarthe
Caroline EmblingCarole
Catherine HubeauCatherine HubeauLa femme étrange
Alain Bastien-ThiryDaniel
Jacques NolotJacques NolotL'épicier
Grégory RobertVincent enfant
Emmanuel RobertThomas enfant

Director

Olivier Nolin

Writers

Jean-Jacques Santiveri, Olivier Nolin

Release date

9 Jun 1985

Runtime

1h 25m

Studio

Swan productions, Ministère de la culture, F3

Language

French

Country

France

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