The Prodigal Daughter (1981)

March. 25,1981

5.8

| Drama

A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.

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Cast

Jane Birkin as Anne

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Michel Piccoli as Le père

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Natasha Parry as La mère

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Reviews

Phonearl

1981/03/25

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Dynamixor

1981/03/26

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

filippaberry84

1981/03/27

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Jemima

1981/03/28

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.