''Honeymoon'' (French: ''Lune de miel'') is a 1985 Franco-Canadian thriller, directed by

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and starring

Nathalie Baye Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye (born 6 July 1948) is a French film, television and stage actress. She began her career in 1970 and has appeared in more than 80 films. A ten-time César Award nominee, her four wins were for '' Every Man for Himself'' ...

Plot

A Frenchwoman in

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, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of convenience with a stranger that is arranged through an agency. But even though the two are not supposed to even meet, her new husband starts taking his faux wedding vows entirely too seriously.

Availability

The movie was released on videocassette in 1986 by Karl-Lorimar Home Video in the United States and in Canada by New World Video. The VHS cover marketed the film as a horror film. As of March 16, 2010, no plans have been made to release the film onto DVD.

Cast

as Cécile Carline *

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as Zachary 'Zack' Freestamp * Richard Berry as Michel * Marla Lukofsky as Sally *

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as Maître Garnier *

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as Novak *

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as Sonny *

Cec Linder Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland before the Holocaust. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked extensively in the United Kingdom, ...

as Barnes * Greg Ellwand as Bill *

Arthur Grosser Arthur Grosser is a Canadian actor who was a professor of physical chemistry at McGill University, Montreal. He has done a lot of voice acting work in several animated series as well as in video games such as ''Splinter Cell'' and ''Assassin's Cree ...

as Forrester * Shirley Merovitz as Mrs. Silvera * Irene Kessler as Mrs. Goldberg * Adriana Roach as Thelma * Ken Roberts as Snack bar customer * Sam Stone as Taxidriver *

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as Blythe *

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as Jackson *

Tyrone Benskin Tyrone Benskin (born 29 December 1958) is an English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament in the Jeanne-Le Ber riding, in Montreal, Quebec, in the 2011 Canadian federal election and served as an M ...

as Weapon seller * Morris Rosengarten as Dunning

External links

* 1985 films 1985 thriller films French thriller films Canadian thriller films Films set in the United States Films about immigration to the United States English-language French films 1980s Canadian films 1980s French films {{1980s-thriller-film-stub