Les Mauvais Coups (Naked Autumn) is a 1961 French psychological drama under the direction of François Leterrier. It tells the story of the tragic demise of a 10-year marriage. The austere screenplay is based on a Roger Vailland novel.

Les Mauvais Coups
Directed byFrançois Leterrier
Screenplay byFrançois Leterrier
Roger Vailland
based on novel
by Roger Vailland
Produced byJean Thuillier
StarringSimone Signoret
Reginald Kernan
Alexandra Stewart
CinematographyJean Badal
Music byMaurice Leroux
Distributed byLes Editions Cinégraphiques
Release date
  • 17 April 1961 (1961-04-17)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Though by no means a nouvelle vague style work, the opening credits over a dismal landscape with ominous music have a Chabrolesque touch. It was the first film directed by Leterrier, best known for his leading role in A Man Escaped, the 1956 movie by Robert Bresson.

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