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Lucie (Geraldine Chaplin) is frustrated with the way her husband treats her - she longs for the days when the couple made love. Lucie is eager to share her woes with longtime friend Helene (Dominique Sanda).


Helene is looking to rent a house in the French countryside. She invites her friend Lucie to join her and they embark on a relaxing journey away from the city. Soon the two friends become closer than they would have ever thought possible.

Voyage en Douce (1980) is a quiet film about two women who gradually become fascinated by each other while struggling to regain their identity. Lucie, the more vulnerable and visibly hurt character, is also the one who undergoes a remarkable transformation through the course of this film. When we first meet her she appears as someone who has been seriously hurt in a relationship where most if not all has been lost. ...Read the entire review



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