Mensonge

Mensonge (1993)

Emma has been happily married to Charles, a hardworking journalist, for over ten years. They have a son, and are considering having another child when she learns that she is both pregnant and HIV-positive at a time when Charles is away. As Emma has never used drugs or slept around, and has never had a blood transfusion, there can only be one source for her infection: her absent husband. Shocked to the core by this turn of events, she goes through his things and finds an address book with the names of many women in it. Determined to discover what has been going on, she begins contacting every name in the book. She continues her investigations even after her husband, whom she confronts over this, returns.

Date of release
1993-05-26
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 29m
Director
François Margolin

Casting

Interesting facts

Mensonge is a 1992 French drama film directed by François Margolin starring Nathalie Baye as a woman who finds she has been infected by her husband with AIDS. He has been unable to tell her torn between the desire for her and his son and fears of her likely homophobic reaction. She eventually confronts him and explains that she is HIV positive and she has chosen to abort the pregnancy. The films ends with them reconciled and seeking to support each other.

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