Chateaubriand's Last Love

Overview

One stormy evening in 1829, the aging writer René de Chateaubriand, takes refuge in a mountain retreat at Cauterets, a small town in the Pyrenees. Here, he meets Léontine de Villeneuve, an aristocratic woman forty years his junior, who ignites his passion and who seems to be as equally attracted to him. Under the watchful gaze of the maître d'hôtel, Chateaubriand embarks on what will be his last great love affair, with a woman he will later refer to in his writings as L'Occitanienne.

Directed by Jean Périssé

Top cast

Bernard Le Coq

René de Chateaubriand

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Valentine Teisseire

Léontine de Villeneuve

Roger Souza

Le maître d'hôtel

Patricia Karim

La tante

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Philippe Vendan-Borin

Le postillon

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Norbert Estèbes

Le palefrenier

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Bernard Faur

L'oncle Cambon

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Léo Cormenier

Un soupirant

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Michel Delsol

Le comte de Castelbajac

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Sébastien Turboust

Un serveur

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Frédéric Aramon

Porteur 1

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Alain Naves

Porteur 2

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