Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent (1971)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 130 minuten
Alternative titles: Two English Girls / Anne and Muriel
Country:
France
Directed by: François Truffaut
Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham and Stacey Tendeter
IMDb score:
7,2 (6.473)
Releasedate: 18 November 1971
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Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent plot
When Claude Roc spends a summer with the British Muriel, they slowly fall in love and eventually want to get married, but at the insistence of both families they first have to spend a year without contact. Muriel constantly looks forward to the end of the year, but Claude soon forgets about Muriel and has a number of love affairs with other women.
Actors and actresses
Claude Roc
Ann Brown
Muriel Brown
Diurka
Claude's Business Agent
Mrs. Brown
Madame Roc
Ruta
Vendeur d'Art
Porter
Reviews & comments
Movsin
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Nine years after his "Jules et Jim", Truffaut cannot resist touching upon the theme of a love triangle once again.
It is a story about romances, partly platonic, partly sensual and physical.
"It is unacceptable to speak of a young girl, for that damages her reputation" outlines the puritanical attitude touched upon at the beginning of the film, while the subsequent developments follow the tone of the sexual revolution of the 1960s much more closely, which, reportedly, was not always met with unmitigated success at the time.
Actually a beautiful film, in which, alongside the quiet narrative style and convincing acting performances with witty dialogue, the stunning visual compositions are to be admired.
Translated from Dutch · View original
BBarbie
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- 7675 votes
Strangely enough, I had never heard of this Truffaut. In my opinion, it is certainly not his best. The story about a doomed love triangle is rather vague and is further marred by the dubious acting of Jean-Pierre Léaud this time around, who looks like he walked straight out of Madame Tussauds. In terms of atmosphere, it is somewhat reminiscent of the film adaptations of the Brontë sisters' books, but remains quite far removed from that level.
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