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The Lions Are Loose

Original title: Les lions sont lâchés
  • 1961
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
191
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The Lions Are Loose (1961)
Comedy

Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh.Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh.Bored with her life, Albertine (Claudia Cardinale) drops her husband and takes the first train to Paris, to start fresh.

  • Director
    • Henri Verneuil
  • Writers
    • France Roche
    • Michel Audiard
    • Françoise Parturier
  • Stars
    • Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Claudia Cardinale
    • Danielle Darrieux
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    191
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Henri Verneuil
    • Writers
      • France Roche
      • Michel Audiard
      • Françoise Parturier
    • Stars
      • Jean-Claude Brialy
      • Claudia Cardinale
      • Danielle Darrieux
    • 1User review
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    Jean-Claude Brialy
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Didier Marèze
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Albertine Ferran
    Danielle Darrieux
    Danielle Darrieux
    • Marie-Laure Robert-Guichard
    Michèle Morgan
    Michèle Morgan
    • Cécile
    Lino Ventura
    Lino Ventura
    • Le docteur André Challenberg
    Denise Provence
    • Hélène Challenberg
    Louis Arbessier
    • Frédéric Moine
    Daniel Ceccaldi
    Daniel Ceccaldi
    • Georges Guichard
    Marcel Charvey
    • Un ami de Didier
    Marc Lambert
    Martine Messager
    • Florence Guichard
    Bernard Musson
    • Gabriel, le valet de chambre
    Francis Nani
    • Arnaud Guichard
    François Nocher
    • Gilles
    Jean Ozenne
    • Albert Robert-Guichard
    Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour
    • Charles, un Convive de Marie-Laure
    • (uncredited)
    Adrien Cayla-Legrand
    • Un dîneur
    • (uncredited)
    Darry Cowl
    Darry Cowl
    • Richard
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henri Verneuil
    • Writers
      • France Roche
      • Michel Audiard
      • Françoise Parturier
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    • Trivia
      It's often stated that Claudia Cardinale's real voice is first heard in Fellini's 8 1/2. However, that is for Italian films which are dubbed after filming since CC didn't speak much Italian and Italian directors thought her voice wouldn't appeal. Actually, Upstairs and Downstairs was the first film to use her voice (in English) in a minor role. Les Lions sont lâchés is her first starring French role and is the first film that uses her real, distinctive voice. In fact, as the main star, she narrates a good portion of the film in French, her first language.
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      Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Claudia Cardinale

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    Tamed lions
    With a writer such as Audiard and five talented stars ,you should not be wrong.However ,today ,Verneuil's movie sounds as unfunny Théatre De Boulevard .

    A young girl from the Province,who just broke with her husband,comes to Paris to find her soul mate ;we follow her as she meets a trendy writer ,who wins the Femina literary prize by writing his new novel based on her character,then a grumpy surgeon who wants to take care of her health.All takes place in very chic places ,luxury flats,homes in the country ,and the whole shebang.

    This is an exceptionally poor screenplay based on a novel by Nicole(?),a subject Audiard does not seem to find inspiring:in this posh milieu ,he simply cannot write these lines which generally hit home .Danielle Darrieux is a wonderful actress and it's the first time I've found her really bad,overplaying all over the place .Lino Ventura is miscast as the doctor :not surprising,he is self- conscious .Michèle Morgan and Jean-Claude Brialy ,as the wealthy confidant and the smug impotent novelist seem to be bored to death . As for Claudia Cardinale,I confirm that it's her voice we hear in the movie,but her part is conventional (see the bourgeois happy end,told by Morgan's voice over).

    And Darrieux 's son is Marxist ,to boot!As she says ": "it's the fall of the house of Usher"!
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    • Sep 19, 2016

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1961 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Vor Salonlöwen wird gewarnt
    • Production companies
      • Franco London Films
      • Vides Cinematografica
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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