The Married Woman

A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.

Cast

Macha Méril

as Charlotte

Bernard Noël

as Robert, the Lover

Philippe Leroy

as Pierre, the Husband

Christophe Bourseiller

as Nicolas

Roger Leenhardt

as Self

Margareth Clémenti

as Girl in Swimming Pool

Véronique Duval

as Girl in Swimming Pool

Rita Maiden

as Madame Celine

Georges Liron

as The Physician

Jean-Luc Godard

as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Reviews

CRCulver

Jean-Luc Godard's eighth feature film, <i>Une femme mariée</i> (A Married Woman, 1964) is a tale of adultery. As it opens, we meet Charlotte (Macha Meril) at a tryst with her lover Robert (Bernard Noël). Though Robert tries to convince her to divorce her husband, the pilot Pierre (Philippe Leroy), C...

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