The Woman Next Door (1981 film)

The Woman Next Door
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLa Femme d'à côté
Directed byFrançois Truffaut
Written by
Produced by
  • Armand Barbault
  • François Truffaut
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Lubtchansky
Edited byMartine Barraqué
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 30 September 1981 (1981-09-30) (France)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1,101,537 admissions (France)[1]

The Woman Next Door (French: La Femme d'à côté) is a 1981 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut. Reminiscent of the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult but set among young middle-class people in a provincial city, it tells the story of a fatal romance between a loving husband (Gérard Depardieu) and the attractive woman (Fanny Ardant) who moves in next door. The last of Truffaut's serious films, being followed by the more light-hearted Vivement dimanche!, it was the 39th highest-grossing film of the year, with a total of 1,087,600 admissions in France.[2]