La confusion des sentiments (TV 1981)

Director:

Etienne Périer

Writers:

Dominique Fabre, Etienne Périer,

Stars:

Michel Piccoli, Pierre Malet, Gila von Weitershausen

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Michel Piccoli	...	Le professeur / The Professor
Pierre Malet	...	Roland
Gila von Weitershausen	...	Anna
Heinz Weiss	...	M. Keller
Andreas von Studnitz	...	Frédéric
Richard Lauffen	...	Le professeur d'égyptologie
Käte Jaenicke	...	La logeuse
Emily Reuer	...	La prostituée

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

gay interest | homosexual | foreign language adaptation | love | intergenerational friendship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France West Germany

Language:

French

Release Date:

10 June 1981 (France)

Also Known As:

Confused Feelings

Company Credits

Production Co:

France 3 (FR 3), Progéfi, Taurus Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Student and teacher

The eternal triangle, but a bit different, since the professor is so much older than young Roland. Anna married the professor for status; she knew he wasn't interested in sex, at least not with women. What he seems to need is a bright but wayward youth to gaze longingly at, one who will take dictation for a book on Shakespeare that probably isn't very good. What does Roland need? To worship the professor as a surrogate father, and to make love to Anna, even as he bears her bitter wisecracks directed at his professor-worship.

It's not a great film by any means; direction is pedestrian, sets poor, color mediocre. But Michel Piccoli makes a wonderful fuddy-duddy gay professor, and Gila von Weitershausen is stunning to look at--every young man's idea of the sexy older woman.