L' ASTRAGALE
Astragal
On a night in April, 1957, Albertine, a brilliant and rebellious 19-year-old girl, jumps from the wall of a prison where she's serving a sentence for a holdup. She breaks her anklebone: The astragalus. She is rescued by Julien, a fugitive from justice, and a burning passion between them ensues. He takes her to Paris and hides her. But while he leads his gangster life here and there, the young woman struggles for her freedom and against the wounds inflicted by Julien’s absence, and writes poetry.
“A true tale of Bonnie & Clyde, but one that’s much more about Bonnie than her beau, L'ASTRAGALE was an immense critical and public success when it was first published in France back in 1965. Written by the young, Algeria-born Albertine Sarrazin – whose autobiographical account of her life as a stick-up girl, prostitute, prisoner and bisexual lover, made her the distaff equivalent of Jean Genet.” (Jordan Mintzer)
In the presence of Brigitte Sy.
- Leïla Bekhti - Albertine
- Reda Kateb - Julien
- Esther Garrel - Marie
- Jocelyne Desverchère - Nini
- India Hair - Suzy
- Brigitte Sy
- Serge le Péron based on a novel by Albertine Sarrazin
- Frédéric Serve
- Mélissa Petitjean
- Luc Meilland
- Julie Dupré
- Béatrice Thiriet
- Françoise Arnaud
- Françoise Arnaud
Alfama Films
