LOVERS (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1958
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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. ;
• Cast: Jeanne Moreau; Jean-Marc Bory; Judith Magre; José Luis de Vilallonga; Gaston Modot; Michèle Girardon; Lucienne Hamon; Georgette Lobre; Claude Mansard; Alain Cuny; Jean-Claude Brialy; Patricia Maurin; Louis Malle; Louise de Vilmorin; Henri Decaë; Léonide Azar
• Director: Louis Malle
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
• Media Format: Movie