Astragal
97 mins
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.
Albertine Sarrazin
Novel
Serge Le Péron
Writer
Béatrice Thiriet
Original Music Composer
Frédéric Serve
Director of Photography
Françoise Arnaud
Costume Design
Julie Dupré
Editor
Isabelle Ungaro
Casting
Françoise Arnaud
Production Design
Leïla Fournier
Casting