''Return to the Beloved'' () is a 1979

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directed by

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. Starring

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and

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, it tells the story of a man who tries to win back his ex-wife by framing her new husband for murder.

Plot

Julien, a well-known concert pianist until his divorce, has become obsessed with regaining his ex-wife Jeanne and their little son Thomas. Living in the family home outside Paris that he left to her, she has now married a German doctor named Stephan and broken off all contact with him. He blackmails a private detective named Keller to murder the husband but, as the man approaches the house at night, Julien instead shoots him dead with Stephan's revolver that he had stolen earlier. He had also scattered other clues to incriminate the doctor. The body is found by young Thomas, upon which Jeanne sends an urgent message to Julien asking him to come and support her with their traumatised child. Already dismayed over an unexplained body in the grounds, Stephan now has to put up with the proprietorial airs of Julien. The police, initially mystified over this tense ménage à trois, come up with an ingenious solution. They ostensibly arrest Stephan, in fact hiding him in a comfortable hotel, and keep a watch on the remaining two suspects. Jeanne works out Julien's plot, which he does not deny when confronted, saying he only did it so that they could be together again. At this point the police drive up to the house and release Stephan.

Cast

- Jeanne Kern *

- Julien *

- Dr. Stephan Kern * Christian Rist - Keller *

- Police Inspector Corbin * Rodolphe Schacher - Thomas

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* 1979 films French drama films 1970s French-language films 1979 drama films Films directed by Jean-François Adam Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière 1970s French films Films scored by Antoine Duhamel {{1970s-France-film-stub

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