Marie for Memory

IMDb link: 0061954
IMDb rating: 5.4 (147 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Philippe Garrel
Cast: Zouzou, Maurice Garrel, Didier Léon, Nicole Laguigner and others

Release date: 1 Apr 1968
Release year: 1968
Runtime: 74 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: reference to edmund spenser, french woman, living together, male body, mother daughter relationship, love relationship, intimacy, matchmaking service, fragile beginnings, alienation

Plot:

In a matchmaking agency, two couples are mistakenly formed after a mix-up of cards. The first pair, Blandine and Gabriel, remain rational and cautious until their relationship fails. The second, Marie and Jesus, are romantic to the point of madness. As they plan to spend their lives together, Marie becomes pregnant. When her mother discovers the situation, she forces her to have an abortion and separates her from Jesus.

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