The Right to Love

Le Droit d'aimer

“The passions of lovers whose every chance might be their last!”

The tragedy of Helene and her husband Pierre, whose life is shattered when Pierre is kept as a political prisoner, while Helene is denied the right to visit him. A growing fear of losing her husband to tuberculosis takes over Helene, who does all she can to meet him, even for one last time.

Screenplay

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Eric Le Hung

Music

Philippe Sarde

Director

Eric Le Hung

Status

Released

Release date

15/08/1972

Original language

French