Secret World (film)

1969 film by
  • 10 July 1969 (1969-07-10) (France)
Running time
94 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Secret World is a 1969 French drama film starring Jacqueline Bisset. It was directed by Robert Freeman.

It was originally known as La Promesse'.[1]

Plot

François, withdrawn and fearful of riding in cars as a result of an automobile crash that left him an orphan, lives with his middle-aged aunt and uncle, Florence and Philippe, in a chateau in Provence.

Cast

  • Jacqueline Bisset as Wendy
  • Jean-François Vlerick as François (as Jean-François Maurin)
  • Gisèle Pascal as Florence
  • Pierre Zimmer as Philip / François' uncle
  • Marc Porel as Olivier / Philippe's son
  • Paul Bonifas as Gustave / servant
  • Chantal Goya as Monique
  • Guy d'Avout as Malerar

Box office

According to Fox records the film required $2,300,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $900,000, so made a loss to the studio.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ The film scene The Christian Science Monitor 25 Aug 1969: 4.
  2. ^ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 328.

External links

  • Secret World at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Secret World at the TCM Movie Database
  • Review of film at New York Times
  • Review of film at Cinema Retro


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