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Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
José Luis de Vilallonga
- Raoul Florès
- (as José Villalonga)
Claude Mansard
- Marcelot
- (as Claude Mansart)
Jean-Claude Brialy
- Un Garçon a Manège
- (uncredited)
Patricia Maurin
- Catherine Tournier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Louise de Vilmorin
- Dominique Vivant(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter screening this film, Nico Jacobellis, manager of the Heights Art Theater in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was charged with and convicted of possessing and exhibiting an obscene film. He appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court, which overturned the convictions, ruling that the film was not obscene. In a concurring opinion, Justice Potter Stewart made his famous pronouncement concerning what was pornography: "I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that." Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 197 (1964) (Stewart, J., concurring).
- GoofsWhen Jeanne and Bernard are sitting at the table at the end of the film, the camera moves towards them and becomes visible in the mirror on the wall.
- Quotes
Bernard Dubois-Lambert: "The moon rising in cloudless skies, suddenly bathed her in its silver beam."
Jeanne Tournier: Whom do you mean?
Bernard Dubois-Lambert: "She saw her image glowing in my eyes. Her smile like an angel's did gleam."
Jeanne Tournier: "The night is beautiful."
Bernard Dubois-Lambert: "The night is a woman."
- SoundtracksString Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major Op. 18 II. Andante ma moderato
(uncredited)
Written by Johannes Brahms
Conducted by Serge Baudo
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Hard to Relate To
I know it's not fair to criticize a film because of its basic milieu. Jeanne Moreau is a rich woman who has probably married for money. Her husband is a clueless bore who runs a newspaper. They are extremely rich, with cooks and housemaids, and lots of time to get in trouble. He doesn't seem to have much affection for her (although she is a knockout) and encourages her to go to Paris and hang around with her equally useless friend. There she meets a polo player and he offers her some adventure, though when push comes to shove, he's not much different than her husband. The hard thing for me is that I couldn't care less what happens to her. She has pretty much all she wants and, I believe, a dolt of husband who must know she is having contact with men on the make. Things change when, after her car breaks down, a professor rescues her and then accompanies her back to her home. All participants in the drama are there: the husband, the polo player, and the vapid friend. Because this new guy is aggressive and not willing to cotton to her spoiled brat being, she finds him irresistible. LIke a dog on the prowl, he quickly seduces her and within one night, they are talking about running off together. Moreau is beautiful. That's about it. There is a very sexy scene for its time. The movie, for me, is utterly lacking in any semblance of real interaction. How can these people co-exist? Visually, it is quite well done and Louis Malle is a great director, but... For a moment, I hearkened back to the final scene in "The Graduate" as Katherine Ross and Dustin Hoffmann sit in the back of the bus, wondering what the future will bring.
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- Sep 8, 2015
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ljubavnici
- Filming locations
- Lusigny-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or, France(Stop off at village on trip to Dijon)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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