Nea (Néa) 47 years old

In Genève, bookseller and publisher Axel Thorpe catches willful, rich 16-year old Sibylle Ashby shoplifting. She brags about her writing, so he challenges her to produce a book. She writes an erotic novel that Thorpe publishes anonymously, and it becomes a best seller. She also tries to capture the love of this 40-year old publisher. When he drops her for her older sister, should she seek revenge or recapture? In subplots, she gets along badly with her sister and her father, and she encourages her mother's affair with dad's sister. Axel has problems too besides the determined Sibylle: he must come to terms with the drowning death of his mother years ago.

Credits

Heinz Bennent as Philip Ashby

Sami Frey as Axel Thorpe

Ann Zacharias as Sibylle Ashby

Ingrid Caven as Anne

Micheline Presle as Helen Ashby

Françoise Brion as Judith Ashby

Nea Cast

Name	Character
Heinz Bennent He was 55, 90 years old when he died	as Philip Ashby
Sami Frey He was 38, now 86 years old	as Axel Thorpe
Ann Zacharias She was 19, now 67 years old	as Sibylle Ashby
Ingrid Caven She was 38, now 85 years old	as Anne
Micheline Presle She was 53, now 101 years old	as Helen Ashby
Françoise Brion She was 43, now 91 years old	as Judith Ashby

Nea Crew

Name	Department
Nelly Kaplan as Director. She was 40 (now 88) years old	Directing
Nelly Kaplan as Writer. She was 40 (now 88) years old	Writing
Jean Chapot as Writer. He was 45 (67) years old when He died	Writing
Emmanuelle Arsan as Writer. She was 44 (73) years old when She died	Writing

Nea (47 years)

Release day: Tuesday, August 17, 1976
Runtime: 103 minutes