The Choice

The Choice

1976 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Jean-Pierre, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian theater actor, is engaged to a charming seamstress, Anne Jacquemin, who dreams of nothing else but a quiet married life with children. Belonging to a Brussels company, Jean-Pierre wants to experience more and decides to join a stock company that performs in the South of France. There he meets Juliette Allard, a young dancer who is the lookalike of Anne. As beautiful as her, she is more mysterious and fascinating than Anne. Jean-Pierre loves both: will he be able to choose between these two equally appealing women?

Directed by Jacques Faber · Written by Jacques Faber

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Claude Jade Anne / Juliette
Gilles Kohler Jean-Pierre
Georges Lambert Alain
Jacques Faber Daniel
Maurice Sevenant Directeur de théâtre
Pierre Laroche Jean Varly

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