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Films A2
The North Star (L'Étoile du Nord)
Overview
Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends. Their friendship escalates to love, which makes Edouard jealous. Days later, Edouard arrives at a rooming house owned by Mme. Louise Baron, Sylvie's mother, wearing blood-stained clothes. It appears that Nemrod was killed on a train after he arrived in France, but Edouard denies any knowledge of what happened. Sylvie suspects that Edouard is responsible for Nemrod's death, but by now her mother has become Edouard's ally.
Key Crew
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Producer: Alain Sarde
Writer: Jean Aurenche, Michel Grisolia, Pierre Granier-Deferre
Director of Photography: Pierre-William Glenn
Top Cast
Simone Signoret
Mme Louise Baron
Philippe Noiret
Edouard Binet
Fanny Cottençon
Sylvie Baron
Julie Jézéquel
Antoinette Baron
Liliana Gerace
Jasmina
Gamil Ratib
Nemrod Lobetoum
Jean-Yves Chatelais
Valesco
Jean Dautremay
l'ingénieur
