My Night at Maud's

My Night at Maud's

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

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Top Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

As Jean-Louis

Françoise Fabian

As Maud

Marie-Christine Barrault

As Françoise

Antoine Vitez

As Vidal

Leonid Kogan

As Concert Violinist

Guy Léger

As Priest

Anne Dubot

As Blonde Friend

Marie Becker

As Marie (uncredited)

Marie-Claude Rauzier

As Student (uncredited)

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