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Flagrant désir

Flagrant désir

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Flagrant désir

1986

1h 50m

5.3(7 votes)

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Overview

In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Inspecteur Gerry Morrison

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson

Jeanne Barnac

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Robert Barnac

Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton

Marlene Bell-Ferguson

Arielle Dombasle

Arielle Dombasle

Marguerite Barnac

Anne Roussel

Anne Roussel

Evelyne Barnac

François Dunoyer

François Dunoyer

Vittorio

François Dyrek

François Dyrek

Georges Barnac

Isabelle Sadoyan

Isabelle Sadoyan

Angelina, la cuisinière

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Directed by: Claude Faraldo

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