Overview
Ginette Chaluzac, who has left Central France for Paris, now works as a seamstress in a modest workshop in the Marais district. Her life is quiet and uneventful until the day when, to her surprise, she receives a letter containing a hundred-franc banknote. The sender, who remains anonymous, renews his gift day after day and Ginette grows accustomed to the situation. Her material situation improves but after a while she starts asking herself questions about the one who sends her the money and his/her intentions. Till obsession. To make it clear in her mind she eventually decides to investigate...
Director and cast
- Paul Vecchiali Director
- Geneviève Thénier as Ginette Chaluzac
- Jean-Claude Drouot as Daniel
- Danièle Ajoret as Solange
- Michel Piccoli as L'antiquaire
- Nicole Courcel as La patronne de la guinguette
- Hélène Surgère as La femme du psychiatre
- Germaine de France as Mariette
- Jacques Harden Cast
- Roger Blin as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
- Andrée Tainsy as La mère de Ginette
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