Drama ·Romance · France · 1972 · 1h 30m

The Right to Love

Le Droit d'aimer

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Director
Eric Le Hung
Cast
Omar Sharif as Pierre Florinda Bolkan as Helena Betty Beckers as Xavier Depraz as Jacques Dhéry as The lieutenant Georges Douking as Prisoner
Crew
Henri Decaë — Director of Photography Philippe Sarde — Original Music Composer Eric Le Hung — Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière — Screenplay Françoise Xenakis — Novel Raymond Danon — Producer
Tagline

The passions of lovers whose every chance might be their last!

Synopsis

The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right to visit him. A growing fear of losing her husband to tuberculosis takes over Helene, who does all she can to meet him, even for one last time.

Mood & Themes
prisonbased on novel or book
Key Collaborators
Eric Le Hung Director Henri Decaë Director of Photography Philippe Sarde Original Music Composer Eric Le Hung Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière Screenplay Françoise Xenakis Novel Raymond Danon Producer
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