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Françoise Vatel
Françoise Vatel (born Françoise Watel, 28 November 1937, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine – 24 October 2005 in Soissons) was a French actress.
Vatel began her film career at the age of 16 in Jean Gourguet's "Les Premiers outrages", and she worked with the director again in "Les promesses dangeureuses", "La Putain sentimentale" and "Les frangines". She worked then in the theatre, playing for several years in Claude Magnier's "Oscar". She appeared
spent many of the intervening years in Algeria running a bar.
- Nita Klein, as Françoise, an aspiring young actress having an affair with the much older Alphonse, and biding her time before leaving him.
- Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, as Bernard, Hélène's stepson, recently returned from doing his military service in Algeria where his role in the torture of a girl called Muriel has left him with traumatic memories.
- Martine Vatel, as Marie-Do, the intermittent girl-friend of Bernard who