Manon 70
- Jean Aurel
- Cécil Saint-Laurent
by Abbe Prevost
- Robert Dorfmann
- Yvon Guézel
- Catherine Deneuve
- Elsa Martinelli
- Sami Frey
- Robert Webber
- Paul Hubschmid
- Jean-Claude Brialy
companies
- Les Films Corona
- Transinter Films
- Roxy Films
- Panda Films
- Valoria Films (France)
- CIDIF (Italy)
- 21 February 1968 (1968-02-21) (France)
- 18 April 1968 (1968-04-18) (Italy)
- 17 May 1968 (1968-05-17) (West Germany)
- France
- Italy
- West Germany
Manon 70 is a 1968 drama film directed by Jean Aurel, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Elsa Martinelli, Sami Frey, Robert Webber, Paul Hubschmid and Jean-Claude Brialy. The screenplay by Aurel and Cécil Saint-Laurent is loosely based on the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost. The original music was composed by Serge Gainsbourg.
Synopsis
Manon is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious surroundings. Journalist François sees her at the airport and falls in love with her. Once they land in Paris, he makes his move and steals her from the man she has been traveling with. François and Manon fall in love but Manon's brother, wants to live off his sister and causes trouble. Manon tries seeing a wealthy man at the same time as François.
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Manon
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Jean-Paul
- Sami Frey as François Des Grieux
- Elsa Martinelli as Annie
- Robert Webber as Ravaggi
- Paul Hubschmid as Simon
- Claude Génia as wife
- Jean Martin as hotel manager
Reception
Deneuve later said she wanted to work with Jean Aurel because she admired his film All About Loving (1964). Of Manon 70, she said, "The story was great but, in the end, [the film] just missed."[2]
References
External links
- Manon 70 at IMDb
- Manon 70 at AllMovie
- Manon 70 at Rotten Tomatoes
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- Manon Lescaut (1926)
- When a Man Loves (1927)
- Manon (1949)
- Manon 70 (1968)
- The Maid of Artois (1836)
- Manon Lescaut (1856)
- Manon (1884)
- Manon Lescaut (1893)
- Le portrait de Manon (1894)
- Boulevard Solitude (1952)
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