An Impossible Love

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Two lovers from very different social classes embark on a brief and passionate affair.

Film drama set in 1950s France. Rachel and Philippe embark on a brief and passionate affair. Despite the birth of a daughter, Philippe refuses to marry below his bourgeois status.

Late 1950s France. Rachel, a young office worker, has a brief and passionate affair with Philippe. Despite the birth of a daughter, Chantal, Philippe refuses to marry below his bourgeois status. Rachel raises the child alone, but never gives up on the hope that Philippe will acknowledge that he is the father. 

In French with English subtitles.

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