Michel Viala

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Le juge d'instruction

In Genève, bookseller and publisher Axel Thorpe catches willful, rich 16-year-old Sibylle Ashby shoplifting. She brags about her writing, so he challenges her to produce a book. She writes an erotic novel that Thorpe publishes anonymously, and it becomes a best seller. She also tries to capture the love of this 40-year-old publisher but he drops her for her older sister.

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Three generations of a family struggle to be open with each other during a week of summer vacation at their country cottage.