The Witness

Cécile teaches English at the Collegium in Bruges. She has a boyfriend, Thomas, a student at the Beaux-Arts. Cécile lives with Mrs. Hanka, who reads horoscopes and surrounds herself with natal charts. She says she's known a lot about people for 30 years.

Cast

Claude Jade

as Cécile

Gérard Barray

as Van Britten

Jean-Claude Dauphin

as Thomas

Jeanne Pérez

as Hanka

Claude Vernier

as Hermann

Bernard Frémaux

as Haas

Philippe Graff

Claude van Hoffstadt

Jacques Ferly

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