Sandrine in the Rain

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Sandrine in the Rain
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Directed by Tonino Zangardi
Written byAngelo Orlando
Tonino Zangardi
Produced byPier Luigi Corvi-Mora
Starring
Cinematography Giovanni Mammolotti
Edited byOsvaldo Bargero
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
CountriesItaly
Germany
LanguageEnglish

Sandrine in the Rain (Italian : Sandrine nella pioggia) is a 2008 thriller film written and directed by Tonino Zangardi and starring Sara Forestier and Adriano Giannini. [1] [2] It premiered at the 2008 Busan International Film Festival. [3]

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Plot

During a shootout with bandits who have just robbed a bank, a police officer inadvertently hits an innocent young woman, Martine, killing her. Destroyed by guilt, Leonardo leaves his post as an agent to move on to an office job and groped to recover his inner balance away from the road. But he knows the charming Sandrine who arrives in him life upsetting him. Sandrine is actually Martine's sister and her goal was to ruin the agent's life to avenge her sister. However Sandrine falls in love with Leonardo and the plan would fail, were it not for Vincent, Sandrine's accomplice.

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References

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