Astragal (L'Astragale)

Overview

On a night of April 1957, Albertine, a brillant and rebel 19-year-old girl, jumps from the wall of the prison where she’s serving a sentence for a holdup. In her fall, a bone from her ankle breaks: the astragal. She is rescued by Julien, a justice fugitive, and so is born a burning passion between them. He takes her to Paris and hides her. But while he leads his gangster life here and there, the young woman struggles for her freedom and against the wounds inflicted by Julien’s absence, and writes poetry.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Leïla Bekhti

Albertine

Reda Kateb

Julien

Esther Garrel

Marie

India Hair

Suzy

Jean-Benoît Ugeux

Marcel

Jocelyne Desverchère

Nini

Louis Garrel

Photographer

Jean-Charles Dumay

Roger

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