Zita

Overview

Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie is dying, and for the first time in her life, Annie has to cope with death. One night, she finds it too hard to bear, and leaving home where the old woman is suffering, she begins to hang around in Paris. She will meet people, and, from dusk to dawn, she will learn to leave her childhood behind and to grow into a woman.

Directed by Robert Enrico

Top cast

Joanna Shimkus

Annie

Katina Paxinou

Aunt Zita

Suzanne Flon

Yvette

Paul Crauchet

Dr. Bernard

Bernard Fresson

Boniface

Josep Maria Flotats

Simon

Roger Ibáñez

Spaniard

Odette Piquet

Day guard

Jacques Rispal

Sergeant

Paul Pavel

Med Hondo

James

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

Manuel

Claude Lévèque

B

Bernard Klein

C

Corinne Armand

Solange Certain

Night guard

Jean Darie

L

Lydie Murguet

M

Marie Pascale Daveau

Paul Crauchet

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