A Very Private Affair
| A Very Private Affair | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| French | Vie privée |
| Directed by | Louis Malle |
| Written by | Louis Malle Jean Ferry Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Produced by | Christine Gouze-Renal |
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot Marcello Mastroianni Nicolas Bataille Eléonore Hirt |
| Cinematography | Henri Dacae |
| Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
| Distributed by | Pathe Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,879,668 admissions (France)[1] |
A Very Private Affair (Template:Lang-fr) is a 1962 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot.[2]
Premise
Eighteen-year-old Jill enjoys a comfortable upper-class existence with her widowed mother in Switzerland and develops a crush on Fabio, a friend's husband. She heads off to Paris to become a model and dancer. Soon, Jill is discovered by a film producer and made into a huge movie star. The pressures and annoyances of fame take their toll on her and she returns to Switzerland to recuperate. Jill has an affair with the now divorced Fabio. The press continues to hound her, leading to more complications in her private life.
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Jill
- Marcello Mastroianni as Fabio Rinaldi
- Nicolas Bataille as Edmond
- Jaqueline Doyen as Juliette
- Eléonore Hirt as Cécile
- Ursula Kubler as Carla
- Gregor von Rezzori as Gricha
- Dirk Sanders as Dick
- Paul Sorèze as Maxime
- Gloria France as Anna
- Isarco Ravaioli
- Antoine Roblot as Alain, a photographer
- Simonetta Simeoni
References
- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ "NY Times: A Very Private Affair". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
External links
- A Very Private Affair at IMDb
- A Very Private Affair at Rotten Tomatoes
- A Very Private Affair at AllMovie
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- Films directed by Louis Malle
- Films set in Paris
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