
Feature film — 2015
Astragal (2015)
On a night of April 1957, Albertine, a brillant and rebel 19-year-old girl, jumps from the wall of the prison where she’s serving a sentence for a holdup. In her fall, a bone from her ankle breaks: the astragal. She is rescued by Julien, a justice fugitive, and so is born a burning passion between them. He takes her to Paris and hides her. But while he leads his gangster life here and there, the young woman struggles for her freedom and against the wounds inflicted by Julien’s absence, and writes poetry.
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A high-signal pick with 41 votes.
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Director: Brigitte Sy
On screen
Cast & crew

Leïla Bekhti
Albertine

Reda Kateb
Julien

Esther Garrel
Marie

India Hair
Suzy

Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Marcel

Jocelyne Desverchère
Nini

Louis Garrel
Photographer

Jean-Charles Dumay
Roger

Damien Bonnard
Young civilian policeman Paris
