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Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn

29/5/2021

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Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder and starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn. The screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1920 Claude Anet novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Ariane, Young Russian Girl). The story explores the relationship between a notorious middle-aged American playboy business magnate and the 20-something daughter of a private detective hired to investigate him.
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn

Plot

Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Young cello student Ariane Chavasse eavesdrops(played by Audrey Hepburn on a conversation between her father, Claude Chavasse(played by Maurice Chevalier), a widowed private detective who specializes in tracking unfaithful spouses. After Claude gives his client "Monsieur X" proof of his wife's daily trysts with American business magnate Frank Flannagan(played by Gary Cooper) in Room 14 at the Paris Ritz, Monsieur X announces he will shoot Flannagan later that evening. Claude is nonchalant, regretting only the business he will lose, since Flannagan is a well-known international playboy with a long history of casual affairs. When Ariane cannot get the Ritz to put her through to Flannagan on the phone, and the police decline to intervene until after a crime has been committed, she decides to warn him herself.

Ariane is in time. When Monsieur X breaks into Flannagan's hotel suite, he finds Flannagan with Ariane, not his wife, who is cautiously making her escape via an outside ledge. 
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Flannagan is intrigued by the mysterious girl, who refuses to give him any information about herself, even her name. He starts guessing her name from the initial "A" on her purse, and when she declines to tell him he resorts to calling her "thin girl". She has no romantic history but pretends to be a femme fatale to interest him, and soon falls in love with the considerably older man. She agrees to meet him the next afternoon, withholding that she has orchestral practice in the evenings. She comes with mixed feelings, but spends the evening while waiting for him to leave for the airport.

After Flannagan's departure, Ariane's father notices her change of mood but has no idea that it proceeds from one of his cases.
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn
​A year later, Flannagan returns to Paris and the Ritz. Ariane, who has kept track of Flannagan's womanizing exploits through the news media, meets him again when she sees him at an opera while surveying the crowd from a balcony. She puts herself in his path in the lobby, and they start seeing each other again. This time, when he persists in his questioning, she makes up a long list of prior imaginary lovers based on her father's files, later telling Flannagan that he is her 20th. Flannagan gradually goes from being amused to being jealously tormented by the possible comparisons, but is unsure whether they are real. When he encounters a still-apologetic Monsieur X, the latter recommends Claude to him, and thus Flannagan hires Ariane's own father to investigate.

It does not take Claude long to realize that the mystery woman is Ariane. He goes to the Ritz, tells Flannagan her first name, informs his client that the girl fabricated her love life, and eventually tells him that Ariane is his daughter. He tells Flannagan that she is a "little fish" that he should throw back, since she is serious and he wants to avoid serious relationships.

When Ariane comes to his hotel suite that afternoon Flannagan is hurriedly packing to leave Paris, pretending to be on his way to meet "two crazy Swedish twins" in Cannes. At the train station they both keep up their act of not caring deeply for each other, although Ariane sheds a few tears that she blames on the soot. As the train departs Ariane runs along the platform and tells Flannagan, who stands in the coaches door, that she will soon travel with her many lovers. Running faster and faster as the train speeds up, her femme-fatale facade cracks, she frantically repeats "I'll be all right, I'll be all right", and her love shows through. Flannagan changes his mind, sweeps her up in his arms onto the coach, and before kissing her calls her by her name, Ariane.

In voice over, Claude informs us that the couple were married in Cannes and now live together in New York.

Production

The director of Love in the Afternoon Billy Wilder ​contacted I.A.L.Diamond after reading an article he had written for the Screen Writers Guild monthly magazine. The two men immediately hit it off, and Wilder suggested they collaborate on a project based on a German language film he had co-written in the early 1930s. The script was based on the 1920 Claude Anet novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Ariane, Young Russian Girl), which had been filmed as Scampolo (1928) and Scampolo, a Child of the Street (1932), the latter with a script co-written by Billy Wilder. Wilder was inspired by a 1931 German adaptation of the novel, Ariane, directed by Paul Czinner.

Love in the Afternoon
would become the first of twelve screenplays by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond.
Wilder's first choices for Frank Flannagan were Cary Grant and Yul Brynner. "It was a disappointment to me that [Grant] never said yes to any picture I offered him," Wilder later recalled. "He didn't explain why. He had very strong ideas about what parts he wanted". The director decided to cast Gary Cooper because they shared similar tastes and interests and Wilder knew the actor would be good company during location filming in Paris. "They talked about food and wine and clothes and art", according to co-star Audrey Hepburn, Wilder's only choice for Ariane.

Talent agent Paul Kohner suggested Maurice Chevalier for the role of Claude Chavasse, and when asked if he was interested, the actor replied, "I would give the secret recipe for my grandmother's bouillabaisse to be in a Billy Wilder picture". Love in the Afternoon marked Chevalier's first non-singing role in a film since 1947. 

It was Wilder's insistence to shoot the film on location in Paris. Outdoor locations included the Château of Vitry in the Yvelines; the Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera; and the Hôtel Ritz Paris. Interior scenes were filmed at the Studios de Boulogne. However, Gary Cooper was reportedly uncomfortable in this, his first filming location outside the United States. To cover over Cooper's performance and also to obscure "the lines and age in Cooper's face", Wilder photographed the actor's face in shadow and with "gauzy filters"; the camera was also often positioned behind Cooper's back.

For the American release of the film, Chevalier recorded an end-of-film narration letting audiences know Ariane and Flannagan had married and were living in New York City. Although Wilder objected to the addition, he was forced to include it to forestall complaints that the relationship between the two was immoral.
​Music plays an important role in the film. A four-piece band of musicians called "The Gypsies" entertains Flannagan and his various lovers in his hotel suite, since Frank says he's "not much of a talker" and lets music create the romance. The Gypsies stick with Flannagan through thick and thin, serenading him as he drowns his sorrows in drink while listening to Ariane's recording of her long list of lovers, joining him in a Turkish bath, and following him to the train station.

Much of the prelude to the 1865 Richard Wagner opera Tristan und Isolde is heard during a lengthy sequence set in the Palais Garnier opera house, possibly conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. Matty Malneck, Wilder's friend from their Paul Whiteman days in Vienna, wrote three songs for the film, including the title tune. Also heard are "C'est si bon" by Henri Betti, "L'ame Des Poètes" by Charles Trenet, and "Fascination", a 1932 song based on a European waltz, which is hummed repeatedly by Ariane.

Malneck later wrote lyrics for "Fascination" and "Hot Paprika". "Fascination" became a popular hit for Chevalier and for many other singers; "C'est si bon" was also recorded by numerous singers and became an international hit.

Jonhy Mercer later wrote lyrics for "Love in the Afternoon". The song became a hit for Jerry Vale and other singers.
Produced at a cost of $2.1 million, the film was plagued by underfinancing. The debt Allied Artists incurred while making Friendly Persuasion prompted the studio to sell the distribution rights of Love in the Afternoon for Europe to gain more financing.

The film had its world premiere in Paris on May 29, 1957. It opened in Los Angeles on June 19, 1957, and in New York on August 23, 1957.
​The film was a commercial failure in the United States. It did not resonate with American audiences in part because Gary Cooper looked too old to be having an affair with Hepburn's young character. Wilder himself admitted: "It was a flop. Why? Because I got Coop the week he suddenly got old". Allied Artists re-released the film in 1961 under the new title Fascination. However, in Europe, the film was a major success, released under the title Ariane.
Love in the Afternoon(film, 1957)starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn Italian poster
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Love affair(film, 1939)/Elle et Lui/Un grand amore/Tú y yo with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne

3/7/2020

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Love Affair is a 1939 American romantic film starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. It was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram.The movie was remade in 1957 as An Affair to Remember, and again with the original title in 1994. 
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Year: 1939
Writer: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart
Director: Leo McCarey
Music: Johann Martini
Costume design:Howard Greer, Edward Stevenson

Stars: Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya
Country: USA
Language: English | French
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The personnages:

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Charles Boyer
(28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978)
as Michel Marnet


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Irene Dunne
(December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990)
as Terry McKay



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Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya
(July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949​)
as grandmother Janou

The story: subtlety and nobility

It was a time when love was still expressed subtly and manifested nobly. French painter Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) meets American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Although they are both already engaged, the two begin to flirt and slowly fall in love with each other. At a stop at Madeira, they visit Michel's grandmother Janou (Maria Ouspenskaya), who approves of Terry and wants Michel to settle down.

As the ship is ready to disembark at New York City, the two make an appointment to meet six months later on top of the Empire State Building. Michel chooses six months because that is the amount of time he needs to decide whether he can start making enough money to support a relationship with Terry. When the rendezvous date arrives, they both head to the Empire State Building. However, Terry is struck by a car right as she arrives, and is told that she may not be able to walk, though that will not be known for certain for six months. Not wanting to be a burden to Michel, she does not contact him, preferring to let him think the worst. Meanwhile, Terry finds a job working at an orphanage teaching the children how to sing.

Six months go by, and during Terry's first outing since the accident, the two couples meet by accident at the theater, though Terry manages to conceal her condition. Michel then visits her at her apartment and finally learns the truth. He assures her that they will be together no matter what the diagnosis will be.
Director
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Thomas Leo McCarey 
(October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969)

"I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds, I like a little bit of the fairy tale. As long as I'm there behind the camera lens, I'll let somebody else photograph the ugliness of the world." 

True to his words, he is so selective with his camera that many scenes look like touchingly beautiful, both in Love affair and his own 1957 remake of it: An affair to remember, another elegant movie.
Screenwriters
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Delmer Daves ​
(July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977)

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Donald Ogden Stewart
​(November 30, 1894 - August 2, 1980)

The costumes

Costume designers
Howard Greer (16 April 1896 – April 1974)
  • Howard Greer
  • (16 April 1896 – April 1974)

Irene Dunne dress designed by Howard Greer
Irene Dunne dress designed by Howard Greer
Edward Stevenson ​(May 13, 1906 – December 2, 1968)
  • Edward Stevenson
    ​(May 13, 1906 – December 2, 1968)

 Irene Dunne in Edward Stevenson dress with the scarf, film Love affair 1939
Irene Dunne in Edward Stevenson dress with the scarf

The ambiance

Time:   1930
Place:   New York; On board a ship
Music:  Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816)
Theme song: Plasir d'amour
The theme song Plasir d'amour was originally a poem written by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794) in his novel Célestine.
There are two versions to this song, the "his"version if sung by a man, and the "her" version is sung by a woman.
Plaisir d'Amour 

Paroles (French)

Her version (the version sung by Irene Dunne)
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Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

Tu m'as quittée pour la belle Sylvie
Elle te quitte pour un autre amant

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie

Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie
Je t'aimerai, te répétait Sylvie
L'eau coule encore, elle a changé pourtant.

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

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his version:

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
J'ai tout quitt
pour l'ingrate Sylvie.
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
"Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,
Je t'aimerai," me repetait Sylvie.
L'eau coule encor,

elle a chang pourtant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

The English translation for his version:

The Pleasure Of Love
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
I would have left everything
for faithless Sylvia,
But she left me and took another lover.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
"As long as the water flows gently
To the stream that borders the meadow,
I will love you", repeated Sylvia to me.

The water still flows,
but she has changed.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
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L'esprit de famille (série télévisée, 1982)

16/4/2020

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L'esprit de famille (série télévisée) 1982
L'Esprit de famille est une série télévisée réalisée d'après les romans de Janine Boissard en 1982.
Pauline dans l'esprit de famille série
Pauline, la troisième fille, raconte un peu plus de deux ans de la vie de sa famille
Synopsis
C'est l'adaptation des quatre premiers livres de la série "L'esprit de famille", qui en compte six, de Janine Boissard.

- L'Esprit de famille (1979)
- L'Esprit de famille - L'Avenir de Bernadette (1980)
- L'Esprit de famille - Claire et le bonheur (1981)
- L'Esprit de famille - Moi Pauline (1981)
 
C'est l'histoire d'une famille : le père, Charles, qui est médecin généraliste à Mareuil, près de Pontoise, de sa femme et de leur quatre filles : Claire, Bernadette, Pauline et Cécile. Pauline, la troisième fille, raconte un peu plus de deux ans de la vie de sa famille, les premières amours, la vie, la mort, l'amitié, le travail, la famille.
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Deux ans après la fin de la série télévisée, Janine BOISSARD écrira deux nouveaux tomes pour clôturer l'histoire avec Cécile comme narratrice

- L'Esprit de famille - Cécile la poison (1984)
- L'Esprit de famille - Cécile et son amour (1984).
l'esprit de famille livre par Janine Boissard
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Pauline par Véronique Delbourg
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Maurice BIRAUD : Charles Moreau, le père
Monique LEJEUNE : Mme Moreau, la mère
Claire DUPRE : Claire, "la princesse"
Anne TEYSSEDRE : Bernadette, "la Cavalière"
Véronique DELBOURG : Pauline
Khemi Ferrey : Cécile, "la poison" (créditée Carene au générique)
Paul BARGE : Pierre
Luc ETIENNE : Stéphane
Roland-Bernard(Vrai nom: Bernard Roland), realisateur
Roland-Bernard(Vrai nom: Bernard Roland), realisateur
Fiche technique
Réalisateur : Roland-Bernard
Adaptation et dialogues : Janine Boissard
Photographie : Henri Decomps
Musique : Roger Candy et Jean Bouchéty Chanson du générique interprétée par Vava
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Lo que escondían sus ojos(TV Series,2016)/What her eyes hide

15/4/2020

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Year: 2016
Writer:Helena Medina(screen play) | Nieves Herrero(Novel)
Director: Salvador Calvo
Music: Vicente Ortiz Gimeno
Costume design: Natacha Fernández Gallardo
Stars: Rubén Cortada, Blanca Suárez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Javier Rey
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

Historia

Lo que escondían sus ojos fue una mini serie de televisión basada en la novela homónima de Nieves Herrero, que recrea una historia de amor entre el ministro franquista Ramón Serrano Suñer y Sonsoles de Icaza, la Marquesa consorte de Llanzol, que se convirtió en un escándalo en los círculos sociales más exclusivos de la sociedad del momento y que no llegó a trascender a la opinión pública. Producida por Mediaset España para la cadena española Telecinco, que fue estrenada el 22 de noviembre de 2016 y está protagonizada por Blanca Suárez, Rubén Cortada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Charlotte Vega y David Solans.
La serie lo que escondian sus ojos, la historia de Ramón Serrano Suñer y Sonsoles de Icaza
Sonsoles de Icaza, marquesa consorte de Llanzol, una mujer avanzada a su tiempo que lo tenía todo -belleza, riqueza y posición social- y Ramón Serrano Suñer, cuñado de Francisco Franco, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y uno de los hombres fuertes del Régimen franquista, se enamoraron y vivieron un romance clandestino en la España de la posguerra, una época en la que la Guerra Civil había devastado el país y en la que nazis y aliados buscaban el apoyo de la nación en los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Episodio 1: «Dos mundos opuestos»
Episodio 2: «A corazón abierto»
Episodio 3: «Un secreto a voces»
Episodio 4: «El mundo en nuestra contra»
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Story

Lo que escondían sus ojos is a mini TV Series based on the Spanish writer Nieves Herrero's novel of same title, it tells the love story of Ramón Serrano Suñer, the brother-in-law of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and Sonsoles de Icaza, la Marquesa consorte de Llanzol, which became a scandal in the most exclusive circle of high society. The serie is produced by Mediaset España and features Spanish actors like Blanca Suárez, Rubén Cortada, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Charlotte Vega.
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Sonsoles de Icaza, marquesa Llanzol, a woman before her time who had everything: beauty, wealth and social position, and Ramón Serrano Suñer, Minister of Foreign Affairs, brother-in-law of Francisco Franco, dictator of Spanish State, fell in love and lived a clandestine romance that lasted almost two decades until their illegitimate daughter found out her identity, making their love affair public and devastating for everyone around them. 

Episode 1: «Dos mundos opuestos»: Two opposite worlds
Episode 2: «A corazón abierto»: An open heart
Episode3: «Un secreto a voces»: A secret with voices
Episode 4: «El mundo en nuestra contra»: The world against us
Lo que escondían sus ojos, Javier Rey as Cristobal Balenciaga, Blanca Suárez as Sonsoles de Icaza
Lo que escondían sus ojos, Javier Rey as Cristobal Balenciaga, Blanca Suárez as Sonsoles de Icaza

Personajes/Personages

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Blanca Suárez
María Sonsoles de Icaza y de León, Marquesa consorte de Llanzol
by ​Blanca Suárez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Rubén Cortada
Ramón Serrano Suñer
by ​Rubén Cortada

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Javier Rey
Cristóbal Balenciaga
​by Javier Rey

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Emilio Gutiérrez
Francisco de Paula Díez de Rivera y Casares, V Marqués de Llanzol
by Emilio Gutiérrez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
by Javier Gutiérrez

best Spanish TV series Lo que escondían sus ojos Charlotte Vega
Carmen Díez de Rivera y de Icaza
by Charlotte Vega

Costume design

Natacha Fernández Gallardo, costume designer of Spanish tv series Lo que escondían sus ojos
Natacha Fernández Gallardo

  • Natacha Fernández Gallardo, estilista de los Premios Goya
  • Los secretos del vestuario de ‘Lo que escondían sus ojos’

Further interest

Video
Watch full episodes of TV Serie on Amazon Video: Lo que escondían sus ojos
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Book
Lo que escondían sus ojos by Nieves Herrero
To buy the book
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Les Choses de la vie(film,1970) avec Romy Schneider & Michel Piccoli

11/4/2020

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Les Choses de la vie est un film français réalisé par Claude Sautet et sorti en 1970. Il s'agit d'une adaptation du roman du même nom Les Choses de la vie de Paul Guimard datant de 1967.
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Romy Schneider in Les Choses de la vie

Synopsis

Pierre (Michel Piccoli), architecte d'une quarantaine d'années, est victime d'un accident de la route, au volant d'une Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint. Éjecté du véhicule qui prend feu, mortellement blessé et dans le coma, au bord de la route, il se remémore son passé récent, notamment les deux femmes qui comptent dans sa vie : son épouse Catherine (Lea Massari) dont il est séparé et avec qui il a eu un fils (Bertrand), et Hélène (Romy Schneider), avec qui sa relation amoureuse est à un tournant.

Il revoit sa vie en accéléré et réalise alors l'importance de ces multiples petites choses de l'existence, « les choses de la vie », ces joies et ces peines qui constituent le bonheur de toute une vie. L'état de Pierre constitue la trame du film : sans aucune conscience de la mort qu'il est en train de rencontrer, et naïvement obsédé par sa « fatigue », son monologue intérieur tourne sans cesse autour de la nécessité de ne surtout pas laisser traîner une lettre qui donnerait un sens tout autre à son rapport aux autres. Cette lettre ne parvient finalement pas à sa destinataire : elle est déchirée, ce qui accomplit le vœu ultime de Pierre.

Fiche technique

  •    Titre original : Les Choses de la vie
  •     Réalisation : Claude Sautet
  •     Scénario : Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie et Paul Guimard, d'après le roman éponyme de ce dernier Les Choses de la vie
  •     Dialogues : Jean-Loup Dabadie
  •    Musique : Philippe Sarde. La Chanson d'Hélène est chantée par Romy  Schneider et Michel Piccoli.
  •     Décors : André Piltant
  •     Costumes : Jacques Cottin
  •     Pays d'origine : France | Italie | Suisse
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in film Les Choses de la vie by Claude Sautet
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in film Les Choses de la vie by Claude Sautet

English

The Things of Life (French: Les Choses de la vie) is a 1970 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. Based on the novel Les Choses de la vie (English title Intersection) by Paul Guimard, the film circles around a car accident experienced by the main character, and the events before and after it. The film won the Louis Delluc Prize, and had 2,959,682 admissions in France, making it the eighth highest earning film of the year.

The idea of making a film from the Paul Guimard's novel was originally turned down by multiple financiers in France. It was the fourth feature directed by Claude Sautet, and his first to become a major success.

Sautet would work with actress Romy Schneider again on 4 further projects, including Sautet's next feature Max and the Junkmen. Sautet also hired young composer Philippe Sarde to write the score. That initiated a long partnership between the two, spanning twenty-five years and eleven films.

The Things of Life was remade by American director Mark Rydell in 1994 as Intersection with Richard Gere, Lolita Davidovich (as the girlfriend) and Sharon Stone (as the ex-partner). The remake was poorly received.
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in film Les Choses de la vie by Claude Sautet
Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli in film Les Choses de la vie by Claude Sautet

Plot

In the French countryside on a summer morning, a lorry full of pigs stalls at a crossroads. An Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint swerves to avoid it and crashes into an orchard, hurling the driver (Michel Piccoli) onto the grass. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he revisits the essential things which make up his life.

A Paris architect in his forties driving to a meeting at Rennes, he had quarrelled with his lover Hélène (Romy Schneider) the previous night. They were due to leave together for a job he was offered in Tunis but he hadn't signed the documents. But he had agreed to take his teenage son Bertrand, who lived with his estranged wife Catherine, for a holiday in the family's holiday home on the Île de Ré. Stopping at a café, he wrote to Hélène calling everything off, but did not post the letter. Driving past a wedding, he decides that the letter was quite wrong and he should marry Hélène.

Rushed to hospital in Le Mans, he does not recover. As his widow, Catherine is given his effects, including the unsent letter to Hélène. Catherine is reading it when she sees Hélène arriving. She tears it to pieces, and Hélène is told by a nurse that she is too late.
Romy Schneider with director Claude Sautet during filming of Les Choses de la vie
Romy Schneider with director Claude Sautet during filming

Les choses de la vie
Les choses de la vie Bande-annonce (2) VF
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La Sonata del Silencio/The Silence Sonata (tv series, 2016)

11/4/2020

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La Sonata del Silencio (tv series, 2016)
Year: 2016
Writer: novel: Paloma Sánchez-Garnica | screenplay: Javier Olivares, Rodolf Sirera, Peris Romano, Sergio Barrejóny Anais Schaaf
Director: Iñaki Peñafiel, Peris Romano
Music: César Benito
​Costume design:
Stars: Marta Etura, Eduardo Noriega, Daniel Grao, Fran Perea, Lucía Jiménez,
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
El tráiler de La sonata del silencio

Spanish

La sonata del silencio es una serie de televisión española producida por RTVE que se emitió en La 1 y que adapta La sonata del silencio, la novela de Paloma Sánchez-Garnica. Está protagonizada por Marta Etura, Eduardo Noriega, Daniel Grao, Fran Perea, Lucía Jiménez, entre otros. La primera y única temporada consta de 9 episodios de aproximadamente 70 minutos cada uno.
Best TV series la sonata del silencio
Sinopsis:

La acción nos sitúa en el Madrid de 1946, en plena posguerra. Los Figueroa y los Montejano son dos familias enfrentadas que viven en el mismo edificio de la madrileña Plaza del Ángel y para las cuales la guerra supuso un paréntesis. Los Figueroa lo tienen todo, y los Montejano lo tuvieron todo y ahora tratan de sobrevivir.

Ambas familias exponen sus propias desgracias y alegrías ante la mirada y el juicio del resto de vecinos, siendo el inmueble testigo de cómo es su día a día, su historia, su pasado y las relaciones -a veces turbias- entre ellos.

La protagonista principal de La sonata del silencio es Marta Ribas (Marta Etura), una mujer inteligente, culta y de buen corazón que se ve oprimida por el machismo imperante en la época, del que tratará de liberarse. Junto a ella esta su hija Elena (Claudia Traisac), que tendrá que luchar para cumplir sus deseos a la hora de elegir la vida que quiere llevar.
mejor tv series Espanola la sonata del silencio

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La sonata del silencio is a Spanish TV series produced by RTVE, Spanish Nationl Channel 1, adapted by Spanish writer Paloma Sánchez-Garnica's novel of same title. It contains only 1 season, 9 episodes, with each episode starting its narration from the angle of one personage(mostly woman) living in the building, so each episode has different theme and tone, like that of a Sonata.

Episode 1: Marta
Episode 2: Elena
Episode 3: Roberta
Episode 4: 
Virtuditas
​Episode 5: 
Fermina
​Episode 6: 
Julita
​Episode 7: 
Rafael
​Episode 8: 
Antonio
​Episode 9: 
Marta y Elena
Best Spanish TV series La Sonata del Silencio
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Madrid, Spain, 1946, right after the Second World War. 

Two families The Figueroas and The Montejanos, living in the same building in  
Plaza del Ángel in Madrid but live completely different: One family has everything, another one barely survives.


The protagonist is Marta Ribas (Marta Etura), an intelligent and cultured woman whose life changed due to the war and worsened when her husband Antonio Montejano went to prison to protect his neighbour and best friend Don Rafael Figueroa. Although Marta tried everything she could to save the family as well as her husband, Antonio, a destroyed man after he was bailed out of jail, losing his health and reputation, became angry, violent, and addicted to drugs. And The Montejanos would live the destiny heavily influenced by their relationships with their neighbours in the same building, particularly the family Montejano.
Best Spanish TV series La Sonata del Silencio

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Marta Ribas tenía un futuro prometedor cuando conoció a Antonio, pero una lealtad mal entendida trastocará sus vidas. Cuando Antonio cae enfermo, Marta se ve obligada a ponerse a trabajar, exponiéndose a las murmuraciones del vecindario y a la indignación del esposo, humillado en su hombría. Pero a Marta se le presenta una inesperada oportunidad que le permitirá salvar su propia supervivencia y la de su hija, y encontrar, por fin, su lugar en el mundo. 
La sonata del silencio es una novela de pasión, celos y sueños anhelados. Es la historia de una España de posguerra, de castañeras y carboneros, de cócteles en Chicote y de medias de nailon de estraperlo. Es un edificio cualquiera donde la riqueza y la pobreza, el triunfo y el fracaso solo están separados por un tabique.
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La República /14 de Abril, La República ​ (tv series, 2011-2019) | The Republic

3/3/2020

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Mejor tv novela española 14 de abril. La República
Year: 2011-2019
Writer: Virginia Yagüe, Nacho Pérez de la Paz, José Luis Martín
Director: Salvador García Ruiz, Jordi Frades, Belén Macías
Stars: Félix Gómez, Verónica Sánchez, Alejo Sauras, Cristina de Inza, Úrsula Corberó, Héctor Colomé
Music: Federico Jusid
Costume design: Natacha, Pepe Reyes
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

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14 de abril. La República es una serie de televisión española producida por Diagonal TV que refleja el devenir de la Segunda República Española, período clave en la historia del siglo XX en España.

La serie es la secuela de la exitosa serie La Señora. Tras la proclamación de la II República nos trasladamos a la capital, adonde también llegan algunos personajes que ya conocen los telespectadores, como es el caso de la convencida republicana Encarna Alcántara (Lucía Jiménez), el militar conservador Hugo de Viana (Raúl Peña), el anarquista Ventura (Fernando Cayo), o Ludi (Mónica Vedia), la chica del servicio de los Márquez. 

Pero en República nos encontramos además con una nueva historia que ilustra los nuevos tiempos. La serie sigue las tramas de un núcleo familiar protagonista, los De la Torre, una prestigiosa familia que vive en Madrid, poseedora de una finca en el campo, donde siempre han transcurrido los momentos más amables de su vida.

Todos estos momentos estarán vinculados al nacimiento de una gran historia de amor que atará al protagonista, Fernando de la Torre (Félix Gómez), al amor de dos mujeres, Alejandra (Verónica Sánchez) y Mercedes (Mariona Ribas), y que lo enfrentará con su mejor amigo, Jesús Prado (Alejo Sauras).

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14 de abril. La República is Spanish tv series produced by Diagonal TV, it is the spin-off of another wonderful Spanish tv series La Señora. Although it keeps some of the personages from La Señora, the story is basically a new story of new time, about the family la Torre, a family of privilege living in Madrid, who lives in the times of chaos and great change, and the impossible love of their son Fernando de la Torre (Félix Gómez), with two women Alejandra (Verónica Sánchez) and Mercedes (Mariona Ribas). 
Mejor tv novela española 14 de abril. La República

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La Señora(tv series 2008-2010, 39 capitulos)

2/3/2020

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Mejor serie española La Señora serie temporada i
Year: 2008-2010
Writer: Virginia Yague
Director: Iñaki Mercero
Music: Federico Jusid
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Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Rodolfo Sancho/Roberto Enríquez
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
best tv serie La Señora, Victoria and Angel
La Señora, Victoria and Angel
La Señora fue una serie dramática de televisión producida por Diagonal TV para La 1. La serie se rodó en Asturias, Sepúlveda y Navalcarnero. 
Mejor serie española La Señora serie temporada i Adriana Ugarte

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A comienzos de los años 20, en España, las diferencias sociales eran abismales. Sobre todo en las zonas rurales la fuerza del caciquismo se basa enla tradición y el analfabetismo. Ciertos sectores de la burguesía y las clases trabajadoras luchan por subvertir la situación. En este ambiente germina el apasionado amor de Victoria Márquez, miembro de una poderosa familia, y Ángel, un diácono de familia minera. 

Ambos están muy enamorados, pero, pese a los deseos de Victoria, la rigidez de la sociedad se impone y los rigores de la mísera realidad de Ángel y su tendencia vocacional, hacen que éste termine ordenándose sacerdote. Por diversas circunstancias Victoria debe hacerse con las riendas del negocio de su padre, mientras su hermano Pablo se involucra en liderar los incipientes movimientos sociales de la época. Esta decisión, insólita y revolucionaria para una mujer de la época, entorpece los objetivos de Gonzalo, Marqués de Castro, socio del padre de Victoria y que planea controlar la empresa.

Tras el final de la serie, se ha realizado un spin-off llamado 14 de abril. La República en el que aparecen algunos personajes de la serie.
Mejor serie española La Señora serie temporada i

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1920s, in Asturias, northern Spain where the difference between the middle class and working class was huge,  Victoria Márquez, daughter of a mine's owner fell in love with Angel, son of a worker in her father's minery who was forced to become a priest to help his family and be away from Victoria. But the two never stopped loving each other, even after Victoria had to marry Gonzalo, marqués de Castro, the business partner and also murder of her father. 

It was a tragic but powerful love story. 

After the end of the serie, the production company made a spin-off called 
14 de abril. La República in which some of the characters in La Señora, including Gonzalo and Angel will make occasional appearance.

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best Spanish tv series La Señora
Victoria
by Adriana Ugarte

best Spanish tv series La Señora Ángel ​by Rodolfo Sancho
Ángel
​by 
Rodolfo Sancho

best Spanish tv series La Señora
 Gonzalo
by 
Roberto Enríquez

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La otra mirada(tv series, 2018-2019)/Another Look

28/2/2020

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Best Spanish tv series La Otra Mirada 2018
Year: 2018-2019
Creator/Writer: Josep Cister Rubio, Jaime Vaca,María López Castaño,Alba Lucio Calderón
Mario Parra Ortiz, Irene Rodríguez, Ana Muniz da Cunha, Tatiana Rodríguez
​Director: Luis Santamaría, Fernando González Molina, 
Miguel del Arco, Pablo Guerrero
Music: Fernando Velázquez
​Costume design: Montse Sancho
Stars:  Patricia López Arnaiz, Macarena García, Begoña Vargas, Álvaro Mel, Juanlu González, Carla Campra
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
La otra mirada serie Teresa temporada I gratis
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La otra mirada (inicialmente llamada Alma Mater) es una serie producida por Boomerang TV para la cadena española La 1. Está protagonizada por Macarena García, Patricia López Arnáiz, Ana Wagener y Cecilia Freire, entre otros. 

Ambientada en una academia para señoritas en la Sevilla de los años 20, muestra un centro de enseñanza aferrado a una forma inquebrantable de hacer las cosas y a las tradiciones propias de la ciudad y de los tiempos. Todo este universo y sus pilares se tambalean con la llegada de una nueva profesora, con una forma muy distinta de ver las cosas y que tiene un objetivo secreto relacionado directamente con la academia. La búsqueda de la propia voz de un grupo de mujeres adultas y jóvenes será el destino de las protagonistas.
La otra mirada serie temporada I y temporada II

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La otra mirada (initially named Alma Mater) is a series produced by Boomerang TV for the Spanish channel 1 TVE.

Set in an academy for young ladies in Seville in the 1920s, it shows a teaching center clinging to an unwavering way of doing things and conditioned by the traditions of the city and those years. All this universe and its pillars wobble with the arrival of a new teacher Terresa, who has a very different way of seeing things and who has a secret objective directly related to the academy. The search for their own voice of a group of adult and young women will be the destiny of the protagonists.

Personajes/Personages

best Spanish tv series La otra mirada
Teresa Blanco Sánchez
​by Patricia López Arnaiz

best Spanish tv series La otra mirada
Manuela Martín Casado​
​by Macarena García​

best Spanish tv series La otra mirada
​Roberta Luna Miñambres
​by Begoña Vargas

best Spanish tv series La otra mirada
Tomás Peralta García de Blas​
​by Álvaro Mel 

best Spanish tv series La otra mirada
Carmen Lara​
​by Melina Matthews​

La otra mirada serie temporada I y temporada II

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Capitulo 1: «Tabaco, pantalones y jazz»
Capítulo 1: Tabaco, pantalones y jazz
Capitulo 2: «Un voto de confianza»
Capítulo 2: 'Un voto de confianza'
Capitulo 3: «Retratos en tonos pastel»
Capítulo 3: 'Retratos en tonos pastel'
Capitulo 4: «Derecho a la intimidad»
Capítulo 4: 'Derecho a la intimidad'
Capitulo 5: «La vida que quiero vivir»
Capítulo 5: 'La vida que quiero vivir'
Capitulo 6: «Una segunda oportunidad»
Capítulo 6: 'Una segunda oportunidad'
Capitulo 7: «Pienso en mí»
Capítulo 7: 'Pienso en mí'
Capitulo 8: «La primera y la última palabra»
Capítulo 8: "La primera y la última palabra"
Capitulo 9: «Viacrucis»
Capítulo 9: 'Viacrucis'
Capitulo 10: «Déjalo ir»
Capítulo 10: 'Déjalo ir'
Capitulo 11: «El espejo en el que me miro»
Capítulo 11: 'El espejo en que me miro'
Capitulo 12: «Ser mujer»
Capitulo 13: «Alma máter»
Capítulo 13: 'Alma mater'
Capitulo 14: «Miedo al otro»
T2 - Capítulo 14: "Miedo al otro"
Capitulo 15: «Lo que espero de mí»
T2 - Capítulo 15: "Lo que espero de mí"
Capitulo 16: «Vuestra historia»
T2 - Capítulo 16: "Vuestra historia"
Capitulo 17: «Mujeres olvidadas»
T2 - Capítulo 17: "Mujeres olvidadas"
Capitulo 18: «Baile de máscaras»
T2 - Capítulo 18: "Baile de máscaras"
Capitulo 19: «Tengo un sueño»
T2 - Capítulo 19: "Tengo un sueño"
Capitulo 20: «No hay fracaso»
T2 - Capítulo 20: "No hay fracaso"
Capitulo 21: «Desde dentro»
T2 - Capítulo 21: "Desde dentro"
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