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7.8/10 • 614

1973-05-241h 56m

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A movie for people who love movies.

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Directors
François Truffaut
Writters
Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
Editors
Martine Barraqué

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jacqueline Bisset

    Jacqueline Bisset

    Julie Baker

  2. Valentina Cortese

    Valentina Cortese

    Séverine

  3. Dani

    Dani

    Liliane, the Trainee Script Girl

  4. Alexandra Stewart

    Alexandra Stewart

    Stacey

  5. Jean-Pierre Aumont

    Jean-Pierre Aumont

    Alexandre

  6. Jean Champion

    Jean Champion

    Bertrand, the Producer

  7. Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Alphonse

  8. François Truffaut

    François Truffaut

    Ferrand, the Director

  9. Niké Arrighi

    Niké Arrighi

    Odile, the Makeup Artist

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CinemaSerf

May 27, 2023

7/10

It's quite hard to succinctly review this Truffaut comedy - there is just so much going on. Essentially, Jacqueline Bisset ("Julie") is brought to Nice to star in a movie about a British woman who is married to a Frenchman. She comes to meet his family and promptly falls in love with her husband's father and so leaves him to shack up with his dad. It turns out, as the production progresses that the producer "Bertrand" (Jean Champion) and the director "Ferrand" (Truffaut himself) have to deal with an whole gamut of issues as the cast - all assembled in a small hotel - come with more baggage than the Queen Mary. "Julie" is recovering from a failed marriage and a nervous breakdown; "Séverine" (Valentina Cortese) is having an affair - but with a bottle, and Jean-Pierre Léaud steals the film as the petulant and high-maintenance "Alphonse". It reminded me a little of Fellini's "8½" from ten years earlier, another behind the scenes as a movie is made story - but it could hardly be more different. Here, the cast and the crew could not have been more dysfunctional - a trait of the creative, I believe - but in the end somehow or other there is a chance the film might actually get made! It is good fun, and the odd contribution from Jean-Pierre Aumont help keep this 2 hour extravaganza moving along entertainingly. Georges Delerue's jaunty score compliments the lovely open-ness of this production, and I really enjoyed this film.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$700,000.00
Revenue
$850,000.00
Keywords
lovesicknessmovie businessnicealcoholicextramarital affairmaking ofinsurance agentfilm director