The Woman Next Door

An old connection between two former lovers, now in different relationships, reignites when fate sees their respective families living next to each other in director François Truffaut's 1981 romance drama.

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives...

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