Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his acquaintance with the people he left behind - his mother, the old farmhand who brought him up after his father's death, his former girlfriend, and many others - he becomes fascinated by the legend of La Vouivre, a creature with the body of a woman who lives in the marsh, surrounded by vipers. One day, Arsène sees the strange woman - she is naked, beautiful, alluring, and he is instantly enchanted by her. Can she be real, or is she merely a creation of his damaged mind...?
Directed by Georges Wilson
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Cast
Jean Carmet
Requiem
Suzanne Flon
Louise Muselier
Lambert Wilson
Arsène Muselier
Jacques Dufilho
Urbain
Macha Méril
La rodinet
Laurence Treil
La vouivre
François Tixier
Angèle
Anne-Marie Pisani
Emilie
Kathy Kriegel
(as Kathie Kriegel)
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Victor
Paola Lanzi
Belette
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le curé
Michel Arroyo
Le convoyeur
Catherine Artigala
Rose
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