Le Beau Mariage
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Le Beau Mariage | |
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Directed by | Éric Rohmer |
Written by | Éric Rohmer |
Produced by | Margaret Ménégoz |
Starring | Béatrice Romand André Dussollier Féodor Atkine Arielle Dombasle |
Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
Edited by | Cécile Decugis |
Music by | Ronan Girre Simon des Innocents |
Distributed by | Acteurs Auteurs Associés |
Release date | 19 May 1982 |
Running time | 97 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Le Beau Mariage (The Good Marriage) is a 1982 French film directed by Éric Rohmer, starring Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine. It is one of Rohmer's "comedies and proverbs" (comédies et proverbes). Its theme is a proverb from La Fontaine: "Quel esprit ne bat la campagne ? qui ne fait château en Espagne ?" (that is, "Who doesn't daydream? Who doesn't build castles in Spain").
Synopsis
Sabine, an art history student, is growing tired of being the mistress of a married painter, Simon. She meets Edmond, handsome, young, rich and single, and declares that she is going to marry him.