Main Cast: Sylvia Montfort, Marie-José Nat, Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Jacqueline Porel, Dany Robin, Valerie Lagrange, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, François Perier, Martine Carol
Release Year: 1960
Country: FR
Run Time: 135 minutes
Plot
Love and the Frenchwoman (La Francaise et L'Amour) concentrates on the nature of love by illustrating seven separate aspects of the emotion. In "Childhood," 9-year old Pierre-Jean Vaillard suffers a traumatic experience when he takes his parents' "cabbage patch" theory of conception too literally. In "Adolescence," a little girl (Annie Sinigalla) constructs an elaborate fantasy world on the occasion of her first kiss. "Virginity" is a study in frustration, as betrothed couple Valerie Lagrange and Pierre Michel agonizingly await their wedding-night consummation of their ardor. "Marriage" finds a union ending almost before it begins as a pair of newlyweds (Marie-Jose Nat and Claude Rich) bicker all the way to their honeymoon rendezvous. "Adultery" allows husband Paul Meurisse the opportunity to calmly provide an object lesson to his wife's lover Jean-Paul Belmondo. In "Divorce", a couple (Annie Girardot and Francois Pierer) find that it's impossible to have a "civilized" breakup. And in "A Woman Alone," bigamist Robert Lamoreaux meets his Waterloo in the forms of Martine Carol and Sylvia Montfort. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Robert Lamoureux - Desire [A Woman Alone]; Alfred Adam - Friend [Divorce]; Francis Blanche - Marceroux [Divorce]; Paul Bonifas - Father [Virginity]; Georges Chamarat - Judge [Divorce]; Nicole Chollet - Mother [Virginity]; Micheline Dax - Lulu; Paulette Dubost - Mme. Tronche; Jacques Duby - Young Man; Jacques Fabbri - Ticket Collector [Marriage]; Denise Grey - Mother [Divorce]; Alice Kessler - [Adultery]; Pierre Michael - Francois [Virginity]; Pierre Mondy - Father [Adolescence]; Sylvia Montfort - Gilberte [A Woman Alone]; Marie-José Nat - Line [Marriage]; Suzanne Nivette - Mme. Mangebois [A Woman Alone]; Simone Paris - [Adolescence]; Liliane Patrick - Lady with a Cigarette; Claude Piéplu - [Adultery]; Roger-Pierre - Prince Charming; Jean Poiret - [Divorce]; Simone Renant - Lawyer [A Woman Alone]; Claude Rich - The Husband; Noël Roquevert - Col. Chappe; Michel Serrault - Lawyers [Divorce]; Pierre-Jean Vaillard - M. Bazouche; Paul Ville - Tribunal President [A Woman Alone]; Yves Robert - Man with the Moustache [Marriage]; Martine Lambert - Gisele; Bibi Morat - Jaja
Credit
Robert Gys - Art Director, Lucien Aguettand - Art Director, Michel Boisrond - Director, Christian-Jaque - Director, René Clair - Director, Henri Decoin - Director, Jean Delannoy - Director, Jean-Paul Le Chanois - Director, Henri Verneuil - Director, Jacques Desagneaux - Editor, Claude Durand - Editor, Henri Taverna - Editor, Louisette Hautecoeur - Editor, Boris Lewin - Editor, Emma Le Chanois - Editor, Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score), Joseph Kosma - Composer (Music Score), Paul Misraki - Composer (Music Score), Henri Crolla - Composer (Music Score), Jacques Metehen - Composer (Music Score), Jean Constantin - Composer (Music Score), Norbert Glanzberg - Composer (Music Score), Robert Le Febvre - Cinematographer, Jacques Rémy - Producer, Robert Woog - Producer, Michel Audiard - Screenwriter, René Clair - Screenwriter, Jean-Paul Le Chanois - Screenwriter, Charles Spaak - Screenwriter, France Roche - Screenwriter, Jacques Robert - Screenwriter, Annette Wademant - Screenwriter, Louise de Vilmorin - Screenwriter, Felicien Marceau - Screenwriter, Marcel Ayme - Short Story Author
