The Old Maid

The Old Maid (1972)

Comedy

Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. In this gentle French film, Muriel gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.

Director: Jean-Pierre Blanc

Casts

	Philippe Noiret as Gabriel Marcassus
	Annie Girardot as Muriel Bouchon
	Marthe Keller as Vicka
	Michael Lonsdale as Monod
	Édith Scob as Edith, Monod's Wife
	Jean-Pierre Darras as Sacha
	Catherine Samie as Clotilde
	Maria Schneider as Mome
	Lorenza Guerrieri as Punaisa
	Albert Simono as Daniel
	Claudine Assera as The New Employee

Crew