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Release: 1969 / Justine
Genre: Drama
Directors: George Cukor, Joseph Strick (uncredited)
Writers: Lawrence Durrell (novel), Lawrence B. Marcus (screenplay)
Stars: Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster
Synopsis: In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.