Les amants de Montparnasse : (Montparnasse 19) / Gaumont présente ; un production Franco London Film ; un film de Jacques Becker ; une co-production franco-itallienne, Franco London Film S.A., Astra Cinematografica S.A.R.L., Sandro Pallavicini I.N.C.
Publisher:
Gaumont,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Léa Padovani, Gérard Séty, Lino Ventura, Anouk Aimée. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Based on the novel Les Montparnos by Michel Georges-Michel. Special feature: "Jacques Becker et la condition de l'artiste": documentary by Dominique Maillet featuring testimonials from Anouk Aimée, Françoise Fabian, Sophie Becker, Jean Becker, Denitza Bantcheva, and Olivier Curchod.
Summary:
In the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris, in the years 1919-1920, the young artist Amedeo Modigliani drowned himself in alcohol. He has fallen in love with Jeanne Hébuterne despite the opposition of her wealthy family. She nonetheless decides to share the artist's life. The couple brave the difficulties of everyday life, but Modigliani only experience failures and plunges into debauchery.
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