''L'Astragale'' is a 2015 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Brigitte Sy Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, '' Les Mains libres'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France. Life and career She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther ...

. It is the second film adaptation of the 1965

semi-autobiographical novel An autobiographical novel, also known as an autobiographical fiction, fictional autobiography, or autobiographical fiction novel, is a type of novel which uses autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The l ...

''L'Astragale'' by

Albertine Sarrazin Albertine Sarrazin (17 September 1937 – 10 July 1967) was a French author. She was best known for her semi-autobiographical novel ''L'Astragale''. Life and career Albertine was born on 17 September 1937 in Algiers, French North Africa. Her te ...

, after Guy Casaril's ''L'Astragale'' (1968).

Plot

Despite a privileged upbringing with adopted parents, Albertine develops a crush for Marie, a delinquent girl, and is arrested after an armed robbery together. Climbing out of jail with seven years still to serve, she collapses by a highway, having broken her astragal, a tiny bone in the foot. She is rescued by Julien, a professional criminal who happens to be passing, and he leaves her in Paris with Nini, a prostitute he knows. Though he pays for an operation to her damaged foot and gets her false identity papers, his way of life means indefinite absences. Unable to risk legitimate work, Albertine takes up prostitution and saves up for a hoped-for future with Julien. She is found by Marie, who rekindles their affair but is once again arrested. Then Julien is arrested and jailed: Albertine does not dare to visit, but learns that he is visited by Catherine, another woman in his life. Once he is released, she demands that he give up Catherine and he drives off to do so. When he gets back in the morning, he sees two policemen taking Albertine away.

Cast

Leïla Bekhti Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (born 6 March 1984) is a French film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Tout ce qui brille'' (2010) and, in 2006, '' Paris, je t'aime'' and '' Sheitan''. Early life Bekhti was born in 1984 in Iss ...

as Albertine Damien *

Reda Kateb Reda Kateb (; ; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor. Life and career Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer ...

as Julien *

Esther Garrel Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in ''17 Girls'' (2011), ''Jealousy (2013 film), Jealousy'' (2013), ''Call Me by Your Name (film), Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), and ''Thirst Street'' (20 ...

as Marie * Jocelyne Desverchère as Nini *

India Hair India Hair (born 1987) is a French actress. Early life Hair was born in Saumur a town in western France, to an American father and an English mother. She graduated from the regional conservatory of Nantes in 2007 and the Conservatoire national ...

as Suzy * Jean-Charles Dumay as Roger * Jean-Benoît Ugeux as Marcel *

Louis Garrel Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in ''The Dreamers (2003 film), The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

as Jacky * Delphine Chuillot as Catherine * Zimsky as Riton * Billie Blain as Coco *

as Rita * Suzanne Huin as Marilyne *

Yann Gael Yann Gael is a French-Cameroonian actor. He is best known for ''1899'', ''Saloum'' and ''Le Rêve Français''. On the invitation of Léonora Miano, he writes a chapter of the book ''Marianne and the Black Boy'', Editions Pauvert, where he talks a ...

as Etienne *

Damien Bonnard Damien Bonnard (born 22 July 1978) is a French actor. Filmography References External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnard, Damien 1978 births Living people French male film actors 21st-century French male actors People from Alès Male ...

as Young cop

Accolades

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* 2015 films 2015 drama films 2010s French-language films French drama films French neo-noir films Films set in the 1950s Films based on French novels French black-and-white films Films directed by Brigitte Sy Films produced by Paulo Branco 2010s French films French-language drama films {{2010s-France-film-stub