Raphael or the Debauched One

Raphael or the Debauched One

100 mins | Drama | April 2, 1971

1830, somewhere in France. Aurore is a young, beautiful and virtuous widow. She meets Raphael, a man of leisure, a debauchee. Raphael is obsessed by the death, and wait for it by chasing women and drinking. He first tries to seduce her, but is impressed by her and gives up. But Aurore felt in love with him, and tries not to look as inacessible. A romantic drama, with dispair, cynism, disgust for life and love.

Raphael or the Debauched One

100 mins | Drama | April 2, 1971

Raphael or the Debauched One
1830, somewhere in France. Aurore is a young, beautiful and virtuous widow. She meets Raphael, a man of leisure, a debauchee. Raphael is obsessed by the death, and wait for it by chasing women and drinking. He first tries to seduce her, but is impressed by her and gives up. But Aurore felt in love with him, and tries not to look as inacessible. A romantic drama, with dispair, cynism, disgust for life and love.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Parc Film, Columbia Films
Original title Raphaël ou le débauché
Directors Michel Deville
Writers Nina Companéez

Cast

Maurice Ronet

as Raphaël de Lorris

Françoise Fabian

as Aurore

Brigitte Fossey

as Bernardine

Jean Vilar

as Horace

Anne Wiazemsky

as Diane

Isabelle De Funès

as Émilie

Yves Lefebvre

as Paul

André Oumansky

as Feyrac

Jean-Pierre Bernard

as Norville

Georges Claisse

as Alfred

Hélène Arié

as Francesca

Maurice Barrier

as Lasalle

Maxime Fabert

as le comte

Nathalie Courval

as Danelle (uncredited)