Cet amour-là (2001)

Director:

Josée Dayan

Writers:

Yann Andréa (novel)
Josée Dayan (adaptation)
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Release Date:

16 January 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside...

Plot Keywords:

Bathtub | Famous Author | May December Romance | Writer | Male Frontal Nudity

Cast

Jeanne Moreau	...	Marguerite Duras
Aymeric Demarigny	...	Yann Andréa
Christiane Rorato	...	Woman in a Smock
Sophie Milleron	...	Night Nurse
Justine Lévy	...	Hospital Employee
Stanislas Sauphanor	...	Buffet Waiter
Didier Lesour	...	Barman
Tanya Lopert	...	The Ambassador's Wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adrien Guilbert

Directed by
Josée Dayan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yann Andréa		novel
Josée Dayan		adaptation
Marguerite Duras		character
Gilles Taurand		adaptation

Produced by
Christine Gozlan	....	executive producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by
Caroline Champetier

Film Editing by
Anne Boissel

Casting by
Leila Fournier
Sarah Teper

Production Design by
Sylvie Fennec

Costume Design by
Mimi Lempicka

Makeup Department
Cédric Gérard	....	key makeup artist
Agathe Moro	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Bruno Amestoy	....	unit manager
Frédéric Bacquet	....	trainee unit manager
Jean-Paul Battaggia	....	production manager
Helene Glabeke	....	post-production supervisor
Fabien Peborde	....	trainee unit manager
Raphael Pincepoche	....	trainee unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Samuel Benattar	....	trainee assistant director
Cédric Bernard	....	first assistant director
Patrick Boshart	....	assistant director
Jérôme Brière	....	assistant director
Elisa Touraine	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Pierre Bourel	....	property master
Mireille Ganagé	....	set dresser
Pierre Mery	....	construction grip
Michel Méry	....	construction grip (as Michel Mery)
Claude Orceau	....	construction manager
Riton Rougelot	....	carpenter
Eric Stephan	....	painter
Ludovic Thibault	....	painter
Annie Venne	....	key painter (as Annie Vene)

Sound Department
Yannick Boulot	....	sound recordist
Samuel Cohen	....	boom operator
Patrice Dodin	....	boom operator
Christine Grenet	....	post-synchronization
Michel Kharat	....	sound
Lionel Lebras	....	boom operator: post-synchronisation
Catherine Leygonie	....	post-synchronization
Mourad Louanchi	....	sound editor (as Mouhrad Louanchi)
Jean-Paul Loublier	....	sound mixer
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist (as Grégory Poncelet)
Boris Visionneau	....	sound consultant: DTS

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Afchain	....	grip
Johan Apers	....	first assistant camera
Olivier Caroff	....	electrician
Thibaud Charles	....	electrician
Andre Chemetoff	....	trainee camera operator
Eric David	....	grip
Emmanuel Demorgon	....	gaffer
Denis Gaubert	....	electrician
Michel Gentils	....	grip
Christophe Guillermet	....	electrician
Gérard Haidant	....	grip
Léo Hinstin	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Marie Leroy	....	still photographer
Patrice Margoteau	....	key grip (as Patrice Margotteau)
Eric Nové	....	key grip

Casting Department
Dan Berthier	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne-Marie Castaño-Padovan	....	costumer
Laetitia Harvey	....	costumer
Danielle Merope-Gardenier	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Eric Bizet	....	assistant editor
Marie Lecoeur	....	assistant conforming editor
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer
Magali Magnan	....	assistant editor
Franck Nakache	....	assistant conforming editor
Gerard Savary	....	color timer

Music Department
Andrew Barrett	....	orchestrator
Valérie Lindon	....	music producer

Other crew
Valérie Benoist	....	administrator
Patrice Birzin	....	group man
Patrick Boshart	....	location scout
Claude Davy	....	press attache
David Dessites	....	making-of
Corinne Devaux	....	choreographer
Jacqueline Granier-Deferre	....	script supervisor
Nathalie Gray	....	production secretary
Marlène Hahn	....	production secretary
Nathalie Radovic	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Les Films Alain Sarde
• Studio Images 7
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• Bac Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Alamode Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (2003) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Bergvik (200?) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• Budapest Film (2002) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Centauro Comunicacion (200?) (Colombia) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (200?) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2002) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Comstock (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (200?) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Jaguar Film International Distribution (200?) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• New Yorker Films (2003) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• SPI International (200?) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• TVA International (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United King Films (2002) (Israel) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (Netherlands)

Other Companies

• Cinécool  opticals
• D.C.A.  sound transfer
• Les Films en Hiver  editing studio
• Montage Films Thauvin  negative cutting
• Transpalux  electrical equipment
• Tri-Track Sync  post-synchronization (as Tri-Track Sync)
• Éclair Numérique  titles

Also Known As:

"Duras" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

France:U

Company:

Canal+

Harold et Maude

The idea of a love affair between a woman in her sixties and seventies would have never been the subject of a film in America. It takes a lot of bravery on the part of the director, Josee Dayan, to bring this story to life, as it most have been the case when Hal Ashby gave us his take in the same subject with Harold and Maude.

Certain parts of Marguerite Duras' life were not well known to this viewer; her alcoholism, for example, comes across as a surprise. But it is her involvement with a young man that could have easily been her grandchild that must have come as a total revelation to a lot of viewers of this film.

Thankfully, it is done in a very subdued manner. Nothing shocks in this December-January relationship. The only thing I had trouble with is the claustrophobic atmosphere of the film, darkly photographed and lighted that uses mainly interiors as the principal sets.

Jeanne Moreau has been making films forever, or so it seems. Watching her on screen, the real Marguerite Duras comes out quite clearly. We can swear what we are watching is happening. Ms. Moreau's transformation into the character she is portraying is quite uncanny. It comes as an advantage to this actress the fact she has never undergone an operation to transform her into a much younger looking woman.

The young lover's part in this story is much of an enigma. This Yann must have been attracted to Duras by his admiration to her work, rather than by her looks, which, of course, would not seem possible since Ms. Duras is at the end of her life and the young man has not lived his. Aymeric Demarigny is adequate in the part.

It is without a doubt a Jeanne Moreau signature film because of her dominance of every aspect of it.

This is a film for francophiles, mainly, to enjoy.