Lessons in Love (1962)
"L'éducation sentimentale" (original title)

Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Catherine, a very determined woman, is secretly in... See full summary »

Director:

Alexandre Astruc

Writers:

Gustave Flaubert (novel), Roland Laudenbach,

Stars:

Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie-José Nat, Dawn Addams

Cast

Cast overview:
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Frédéric Moreau
Marie-José Nat	...	Anne Arnoux
Dawn Addams	...	Catherine Dambreuse
Michel Auclair	...	Didier Arnoux
Carla Marlier	...	Barbara
Pierre Dudan	...	Charles Dambreuse
Nicolas Vogel

Storyline

Frédéric, a shy small-town man, falls in love with Anne, a middle class woman married to Didier, who cheats on her with top model Barbara. Catherine, a very determined woman, is secretly in love with Frédéric and in order to keep him away from Anne, pushes him into Barbara's arms. After a while, she gives herself to him. On the other hand, Didier is forced to leave the country due to a swindle. Anne decides to follow him but, before leaving, she exchanges a last kiss with Frédéric. Catherine understands she has lost the game. Frédéric remains by himself.

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Plot Keywords:

model | affair | based on novel

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

2 May 1962 (Italy)

Also Known As:

L'educazione sentimentale

Company Credits

Production Co:

Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Films Jeanne Tourane, UFA-Cormacico

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 37143 dated April 13th 1962

User Reviews

D'Autres Vies

Alexandre Astruc ditches his former "camera pen " style which spawned memorable efforts such as D'Aurevilly's "Le Rideau Cramoisi" and Maupassant's "Une Vie" . "Education Sentimentale" finds the director succumbing to the Nouvelle Vague vices :hollow characters, lose screenplay ,"deep" "serious" "meaningful " conversations,self-centred persons who do not even realize there is a world outside.

Freely adapted from a Gustave Flaubert ,Astruc -who brilliantly succeeded in adapting Maupassant - made the same mistake as Vadim filming "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" :transposing a work from another century to his era .In the sixties ,a story which was absorbing one hundred years before may become banal ,as common as any (platonic or not)adulterous relations .

Well acted by Brialy,Auclair and Nat,but it is not enough ;it's boring.