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Release Year1974
Runtime—
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
Genres—
Votes1
DirectorFernand Rivard
WritersJean-Raymond Boudou, Andréanne Foucault, Ian Ireland
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast4 credited
Also Known AsValse à trois
About Valse à trois
Paul, a biochemist with a quiet life, meets a very young hitchhiker named Hélène. She embodies bohemianism, love, and fantasy... everything he lost after marrying Claire, a beautiful, sophisticated, bourgeois blonde, thirteen years earlier. Paul and Hélène become lovers. He sets her up in a small room in a seedy motel. Naturally, this reaches Claire. And to make matters worse, she also discovers that Hélène is pregnant by her husband. Wanting to avoid scandal, but also because she has had children and realizes that Hélène will not be able to decently take care of hers in this miserable room, she invites him to come and stay with her. A complex relationship, somewhere between fascination and repulsion, is born between the two women.
Directed by Fernand Rivard, Valse à trois leans on a strong ensemble — Ian Ireland, Karin Schubert, Paule Béranger — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1974.
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