Elective Affinities

• Directors: Paolo Taviani; Vittorio Taviani
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Romantic Drama, Period Film
• Themes: Infidelity, Love Triangles
• Main Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marie Gillain
• Release Year: 1996
• Country: IT/FR
• Run Time: 98 minutes

Plot

This French-Italian romantic drama is faithfully based on an early 19th century Goethe novel about the destruction of a married couple. They are Charlotte and Edouard, an aristocratic couple who married late in life and happily lives in a lovely Tuscan villa. Their peaceful, marital bliss is interrupted when Othon (Edourd's closest friend) and his goddaughter Ottilie, who was raised in a convent, arrive for an extended visit. The pregnant Charlotte immediately finds herself drawn to Othon while Edouard is attracted to the girl. As they act upon their impulses a tragedy ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Isabelle Huppert - Charlotte
• Jean-Hugues Anglade - Edouard
• Marie Gillain - Ottilia

Fabrizio Bentivoglio - Ottone; Massimo Popolizio - Marquis; Laura Marinoni - Marquise

Credit

Claudio Amram - Associate Producer, Anna Rita Appolloni - Associate Producer, Lina Nerli Taviani - Costume Designer, Paolo Taviani - Director, Vittorio Taviani - Director, Roberto Perpignani - Editor, Carlo Crivelli - Songwriter, Gianni Sbarra - Production Designer, Giuseppe Lanci - Cinematographer, Jean-Claude Cecile - Producer, Grazia Volpi - Producer, Lorenzo D'Ambrosio - Set Designer, Paolo Taviani - Screenwriter, Vittorio Taviani - Screenwriter, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Book Author

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