''Second Wind'' () is a 1978 French drama film directed by

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 ...

, starring

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and

Anicée Alvina Anicée Alvina, also known as Anicée Schahmaneche (born Anicée Shahmanesh or Anicee Schahmane ( fa, انیسه شاهمنش; 28 January 1953 – 11 November 2006) was a French singer and actress. Early life and career Alvina was born at Boulog ...

. It tells the story of a man in his 50s who leaves his wife and children to live with a woman 30 years younger than himself, only to discover an unsettling link between the woman and a man of his age who had been in a motorcycle accident.

Cast

as François Davis *

as Catherine * Sophie Desmarets as Louise Davis *

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as Sophie * Frédéric Meisner as Marc * César Chauveau as Catherine's brother

References

1978 drama films 1978 films Films directed by Gérard Blain French drama films 1970s French-language films 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub