The Lovers (1958)
Les amants (original title)

Taglines:

The most talked-about and fought-about film!

Parents Guide:

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Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 October 1959 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Los amantes See more »

Filming Locations:

Burgundy, France See more »

Production Co:

Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF) See more »

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Runtime:

Argentina: 90 min  | Canada: 88 min (Québec)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

After 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). See more »

Connections

Featured in Twisted Sex Vol. 6 (0000) See more »

Soundtracks

"Streichsextett No. 1"
(uncredited)
Op.18: Movement II--Andante ma moderato
Music by Johannes Brahms
Conducted by Serge Baudo See more »