L'Astragale is a 2015 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It is the second film adaptation of the 1965 semi-autobiographical novel L'Astragale by Albertine Sarrazin, after Guy Casaril's L'Astragale (1968).^[3]

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L'Astragale
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Directed by	Brigitte Sy
Screenplay by	Serge Le Péron Brigitte Sy
Based on	L'Astragale by Albertine Sarrazin
Produced by	Paulo Branco
Starring	Leïla Bekhti Reda Kateb
Cinematography	Frédéric Serve
Edited by	Julie Dupré
Music by	Béatrice Thiriet
Production companies	Alfama Films France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	Alfama Films
Release date	8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$1.8 million [1]
Box office	$149.000 [2]

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Despite a privileged upbringing with adopted parents, Albertine develops a crush for Marie, a delinquent girl, and is arrested after an armed robbery together. Climbing out of jail with seven years still to serve, she collapses by a highway, having broken her astragal, a tiny bone in the foot. She is rescued by Julien, a professional criminal who happens to be passing, and he leaves her in Paris with Nini, a prostitute he knows. Though he pays for an operation to her damaged foot and gets her false identity papers, his way of life means indefinite absences. Unable to risk legitimate work, Albertine takes up prostitution and saves up for a hoped-for future with Julien. She is found by Marie, who rekindles their affair but is once again arrested. Then Julien is arrested and jailed: Albertine does not dare to visit, but learns that he is visited by Catherine, another woman in his life. Once he is released, she demands that he give up Catherine and he drives off to do so. When he gets back in the morning, he sees two policemen taking Albertine away.