Raphael or the Debauched One
In 1830s France, a virtuous widow falls for a self-destructive debauchee obsessed with death. Initial resistance gives way to a desperate and cynical romance.
In 1830s France, a virtuous widow falls for a self-destructive debauchee obsessed with death. Initial resistance gives way to a desperate and cynical romance.
Maurice Ronet
Raphaël de Lorris
Françoise Fabian
Aurore
Brigitte Fossey
Bernardine
Jean Vilar
Horace
Anne Wiazemsky
Diane
Isabelle De Funès
Émilie
Yves Lefebvre
Paul
André Oumansky
Feyrac
Jean-Pierre Bernard
Norville
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