''La Flambleuse'' is a 1981 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Rachel Weinberg Rachel Weinberg is a French film director, screenwriter and actress, born on 25 October 1929 in Roanne, Loire. Filmography ;Director * 1971 : '' Pic et pic et colegram'' with Monique Chaumette, Jean-Paul Tribout and Henri Garcin * 1974 : ...

Plot

It tells the story of a woman hooked to gambling who begins neglecting her husband and children.

Cast

Lea Massari Lea Massari, born Anna Maria Massetani (born 30 June 1933) is an actress and singer from Italy. Massari was born Anna Maria Massetani in Rome, but changed her name to Lea Massari when she was 22 after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied a ...

: Louise *

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Gérard Blain Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director. Biography Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard ...

: Henri * Évelyne Dress: Clémentine * Didier Sauvegrain: Maxence *

Gabriel Jabbour Gabriel Jabbour (Arabic: غبريال جبّور) (7 November 1922 - 20 September 1987) was a French actor. He made his debut in acting in 1957 in L'affaire Sarret-Schmidt on television. Between then and 1987 he made almost 70 appearances in fi ...

: the professor * Claude Brosset: the Hungarian * Pierre Saintons: the postman * Rudolf Monori: Xavier * Jacques Serres: Loulou * Gérard Cuvier: the café owner * Nicolas Chesnay: Benoît * Vincent Blanchet: Jean-Pierre * Jean-Marie Marguet: Manetto * Florence Blot: Adélaïde * Roland Timsit: Jean-Luc *

Maurice Rollet Maurice Rollet (30 January 1933 – 21 January 2014) was a French poet, activist and medical doctor. He sometimes used the pseudonym ''François Le Cap''. Biography In the 1960s, he was involved as a far right-wing activist with Jeune Nation, ...

: the surgeon *

Marc de Jonge Marc Louis Maxime de Jonge (16 February 1949 – 10 March 1996) was a French actor. Career Despite being best known for his role as the heartless Soviet Colonel Zaysen in ''Rambo III'', de Jonge had a long and fruitful career. He was in over 50 ...

: De Boissouvre

References

1981 films 1980s French-language films 1980s French films 1981 drama films French drama films {{1980s-France-film-stub