Shadows of Adultery

Shadows of Adultery

95 mins | Drama | April 13, 1961

Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she runs, but isn’t this occupation a mere wholesome distraction? When she meets Bruno and becomes his lover she thinks she will find fulfillment only to realize that she is just another plaything in a man’s hands.

Shadows of Adultery

95 mins | Drama | April 13, 1961

Shadows of Adultery
Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she runs, but isn’t this occupation a mere wholesome distraction? When she meets Bruno and becomes his lover she thinks she will find fulfillment only to realize that she is just another plaything in a man’s hands.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Cocinor, Les Films Marceau
Original title La Proie pour l'ombre
Directors Alexandre Astruc
Writers Alexandre Astruc, Claude Brulé, Françoise Sagan

Cast

Annie Girardot

as Anna Kraemmer

Daniel Gélin

as Eric Kraemmer

Anne Caprile

as Luce

Christiane Barry

as Mme Interlenghi

Michèle Gerbier

as Claudine

Corrado Guarducci

as Edoardo Interlenghi

Marcel Gassouk

as Un invité au vernissage (uncredited)

Jimmy Perrys

as Le concierge (uncredited)