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Adapted from the novel by Jean Giono, this French drama was written for the screen and directed by filmmaker Marcel Camus and stars Hardy Kruger. Kruger plays Antonio, a father who embarks on a desperate search for his son, who has gone missing after killing a man who tormented and attacked him over the love of a woman. Clara (Catherine Deneuve) is the woman in question who assists Antonio along with Matelot (Charles Vanel), an elderly man also on the run. Co-starring Marilu Tolo and Andre Lawrence, La Chant do Monde was released in the U.S. under the title The Song of the World.