"Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living."
Maurice Ronet
as Alain Leroy
Léna Skerla
as Lydia
Yvonne Clech
as Mademoiselle Farnoux
Hubert Deschamps
as D'Averseau
Jean-Paul Moulinot
as Dr. La Barbinais
Mona Dol
as Madame La Barbinais
Pierre Moncorbier
as Moraine
René Dupuy
as Charlie (as René Dupuis)
Bernard Tiphaine
as Milou
Bernard Noël
as Dubourg
Ursula Vian-Kübler
as Fanny
Jeanne Moreau
as Eva
Alain Mottet
as Urcel
François Gragnon
as François Minville
Romain Bouteille
as Jerome Minville
Jacques Sereys
as Cyrille Lavaud
Alexandra Stewart
as Solange
Claude Deschamps
as Maria
Tony Taffin
as Brancion
Henri Serre
as Frédéric
Madeleine Declercq
as (uncredited)
Claude Deleusse
Darling Légitimus
Michèle Mahaut
Vera Valdez
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Micha Bayard
as
Louis Malle
Director
Screenplay
Ghislain Cloquet
Director of Photography
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Bernard Evein
Production Design
Alain Quefféléan
Production Manager
Guy Villette
Sound Engineer
Gérard Crosnier
Location Manager
Volker Schlöndorff
Assistant Director
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Novel
Jean Nény
Sound Mixer
Gitt Magrini
Costume Design
Georges Pierre
Still Photographer
Jean Pieuchot
Unit Manager
Étienne Becker
Camera Operator
Jean Chiabaut
Assistant Camera
Monique Nana
Assistant Editor
Claude Helffer
Musician
Erik Satie
Music
Élisabeth Rappeneau
Script Supervisor