Sundays and Cybele
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Hardy Krüger
Pierre
Nicole Courcel
Madeleine
Patricia Gozzi
Françoise / Cybèle
Daniel Ivernel
Carlos
André Oumansky
Bernard
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Françoise II
René Clermont
Postman
Malka Ribowska
Seer
Michel de Ré
Fiacre, the Pharmacist
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
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