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The Lovers is a french film of genre Drama directed by Louis Malle released in USA on 26 october 1959 with Jeanne Moreau

The Lovers (1958)

The Lovers
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Released in USA 26 october 1959
Length 1h30
Directed by ,    ,    
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.592833.592833.592833.592833.59283

The Lovers (French: Les amants) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, and Jean-Marc Bory. Based on the novel Point de Lendemain by Dominique Vivant, the film is about a woman involved in adultery who rediscovers human love. The Lovers was Malle's second feature film, made when he was 25 years old. The film was a box office hit in France when released theatrically gaining 2,594,160 admissions in France alone. The film was highly controversial for its depiction of allegedly obscene material when released in the United States. At the 1958 Venice Film Festival, the film won the Special Jury Prize and was nominated for the Golden Lion.

Synopsis

Jeanne Tournier (Moreau) lives with her husband Henri (Alain Cuny) and child in a mansion near Dijon. Her emotionally remote husband is a busy newspaper owner who has little time for his wife, except when he chooses to place demands upon her; often they sleep in separate rooms. Jeanne escapes to Paris regularly when she can spend time with her chic friend Maggy (Judith Magre) and the polo-playing Raoul (José Luis de Vilallonga), Maggy's friend and Jeanne's lover.

Actors

Jeanne Moreau

(Jeanne Tournier)
Alain Cuny

(Henri Tournier)
Gaston Modot

(Coudray)
Jean-Marc Bory

(Bernard Dubois-Lambert)
Judith Magre

(Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy)
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