''Le Tiroir secret'' is a 1986 French family drama

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(6 episodes) directed by Michel Boisrond, Edouard Molinaro,

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. The screenplay was written by

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Jean-Patrick Manchette Jean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942, Marseille – 3 June 1995, Paris) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized ...

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. The music score is by

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. It was released on DVD in France on 18 October 2006. It tells the story of a woman who suspects that her husband (presumed dead) had in fact led a double life.

Cast

Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan (; née Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered to have been one of the g ...

as Colette Dutilleul / Colette Lemarchand *

Marie-France Pisier Marie-France Pisier (10 May 194424 April 2011) was a French actress, screenwriter, and director. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Pisier was ...

as Nathalie Duthilleul *

Daniel Gélin Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor. Early life Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, ...

as Jean-Pierre * Michael Lonsdale as Philippe *

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Liselotte Pulver Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. Pulver was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is well known for her hearty a ...

* Jeanne Moreau as Vivi * Mike Marshall as Luc *

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as Juliette *

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