Playing with Fire (1975 film)

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Playing with Fire
Le jeu avec le feu.jpg
Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Written byAlain Robbe-Grillet
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant
Philippe Noiret
CinematographyYves Lafaye
Edited byBob Wade
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
112 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Playing with Fire (French : Le Jeu avec le feu, Italian : Giochi di fuoco) is a 1975 French-Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant.

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It was released in France in 1975 and recorded admissions of 350,606. [1]

Plot

Georges de Saxe, a banker, is warned by an anonymous phone coup that his daughter Caroline has been kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a ransom of one million dollars. But soon after, Caroline comes home. Her father nevertheless decides to protect his daughter: his advisers suggest that he shelter her in a specialized clinic... .

Cast

Production

Luc Béraud is assistant director on the movie.

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