The Lovers
The Lovers • 1h 30m
Directed by Louis Malle • 1958 • France
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Marc Bory
Louis Malle unveiled the natural beauty of Jeanne Moreau in his breakthrough, ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS. With his follow-up, the scandalous smash THE LOVERS (LES AMANTS), he made her a star once and for all. A deeply felt and luxuriously filmed fairy tale for grown-ups, perched on the edge between classical and New Wave cinemas, THE LOVERS presents Moreau as a restless bourgeois wife whose eye wanders from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger (Jean-Marc Bory). Thanks to its frank sexuality, THE LOVERS caused quite a stir, being censored and attacked for obscenity around the world. If today its shock has worn off, its glistening sensuality and seductive storytelling haven’t aged a day.
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Louis Malle on THE LOVERS, 1963
Director Louis Malle had recently completed THE FIRE WITHIN when he was interviewed for “Cinépanorama” about his success with THE LOVERS. That interview, directed by François Chalais and Jean-Pierre Fleury, originally aired on October 19, 1963.
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Louis Malle, 1994
On September 22, 1994, just over a year before his death, director Louis Malle was interviewed by journalist Angelika Wittlich at his office in Paris.
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Jeanne Moreau on THE LOVERS, 1958
Presented here is an excerpted interview with actor Jeanne Moreau from the news program “Le journal télévisé.” Recorded soon after THE LOVERS won the Special Jury Prize at Venice and presented by journalist and actor Lise Elina, it originally aired on November 4, 1958.
