Second Wind (1978)
Un Second Souffle
An aging dentist looks for a little liveliness by abandoning his wife in favor of a younger woman. When he learns that his mistress also has another younger lover, he gets jealous, but tries not to make an issue of it. In the end, he dumps her and returns to his wife, who is not about to stand for his middle-aged immaturity. She leaves him.
- Date of release
- 1978-09-12
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Gérard Blain
Casting
- Robert Stack — François Davis
- Anicée Alvina — Catherine
- Sophie Desmarets — Louise Davis
- Mareike Carrière — Sophie
- Annie Kovacz — Catherine's mother
- Charles Fawcett
- César Chauveau — Catherine's brother
- Hervé Duhamel
- Frederic Meisner — Marc
Interesting facts
Second Wind is a 1978 French drama film directed by Gérard Blain, starring Robert Stack and Anicée Alvina. It tells the story of a man in his 50s who leaves his wife and children to live with a woman 30 years younger than himself, only to discover an unsettling link between the woman and a man of his age who had been in a motorcycle accident.
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