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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   67 votes
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Director:
André Delvaux
Writers:
Suzanne Lilar (novel)
André Delvaux (adaptation)
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Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Haunting exploration of May-December affair more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Fanny Ardant ... Benvenuta
Vittorio Gassman ... Livio Carpi
Françoise Fabian ... Jeanne
Mathieu Carrière ... François
Claire Wauthion ... Inge
Philippe Geluck ... Le père
Anne Chappuis ... La mère
Armando Marra ... Le chanteur
Renato Scarpa ... Le journaliste

Franco Trevisi ... Le policier
Turi Giuffrida ... Le douanier
Goddart ... L'hôtesse
Franco Angrisano ... Le gardien de la villa des Mystères
Tamara Triffez ... Jeune dame
Beatrice Palme ... La biche
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
Belgium | France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:15

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Haunting exploration of May-December affair, 28 September 2000
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Author: lycosferos from New York, USA

This is a story within a story. A journalist comes to a reclusive writer to gather details about the scandalous affair she described in an autobiographical book. His questioning awakens old passions and stirs new emotions, and the story unfolds. The story is of a beautiful young woman and the lover who marks her for life with a passion that is as mystical and consuming as the secret rites of Isis in the frescoes on the walls of an ancient villa in Pompeii. Like a fire that makes the words stand out on a yellowing page before the whole is consumed, this love brings out old childhood memories and a childish, fervent belief in truth.

This film bears watching over and over again, if only because Fanny Ardant is incandescent here.

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