Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.
Edith Clever
The Woman
Markus Mühleisen
Stefan
Bruno Ganz
Bruno
Michael Lonsdale
The Waiter
Angela Winkler
Franziska
Ines Des Longchamps
The Woman with the Child
Philippe Caizergues
Stefans Freund
Gérard Depardieu
The Man with the T-Shirt
Bernhard Wicki
The Publisher
Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. In this drama based on the director's own novel, a couple with an unhappy marriage agree to a trial separation. They try to patch things up, and at the same time other relationships begin to develop for them.
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A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.
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