Alone for two
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Alone for two |
| Original title | À nous deux |
| Country of production | France , Canada |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Claude Lelouch |
| script | Claude Lelouch |
| production | Claude Lelouch, Denis Héroux |
| music | Francis Lai |
| camera | Bernard Zitzermann |
| cut | Sophie Bhaud |
| occupation | |
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Alone for Two (Original title: À nous deux ) is a French drama directed by Claude Lelouch with Catherine Deneuve and Jacques Dutronc from 1979.
action
The musically gifted Simon celebrated his eighth birthday in 1951 with his family and friends. His father is part of a criminal gang and is shot dead one day when police ambush him and his men. Simon grew up in Paris with Tonton, a friend of his father's. The adult Simon ends up in prison for theft, where he is allowed to play the piano and sing for all inmates at Christmas. One day, Simon manages to escape, whereupon the aged Tonton tries to help him go into hiding. After another coup, Simon ends up hidden in a cattle truck full of sheep in Provence , where he finds shelter in an old couple's hut. The former pharmacist Françoise, who actually wanted to become a cellist , also sought refuge from the police with them. She once got into the crooks business by seducing men whose wives wanted to file for divorce and needed proof of their husbands' infidelity. Then she specialized in blackmailing politicians who could not afford scandals.
At first, Françoise is very reserved towards Simon. She was once raped in a robbery on her father's pharmacy and has not trusted the men since. When the police find the hut via Tonton, Françoise and Simon escape on a motorcycle. With a stolen car they finally reach the French Riviera, from where they take a boat out to sea and shortly afterwards change to a motorboat, leaving the actual owners behind in the smaller boat. After that, they encounter a yacht and pretend to have an engine failure. On board the yacht, Simon and Françoise each draw a pistol and steal all kinds of cash and jewelry. Then they continue with the motorboat. Again on the mainland, they are referred to on the radio as " Bonnie and Clyde of the Côte d'Azur ". However, they decide to go their separate ways from now on.
Françoise is arrested while trying to flee abroad by plane. When she is to be brought to Paris by train accompanied by two policemen, she is released during a stop in Lyon by one of the policemen, whose wife is in Simon's hands. After the exchange between the two women, the police believe that Simon and Françoise are driving a car. However, you take the train to Le Havre . From there they take a freighter to Canada , where they are loaded onto a truck in a cargo box in the port. Shortly before the border with the United States , they continue on foot despite meters of snow. After crossing the border, they want to eat something in a fast-food restaurant. When they are provoked there by a group of thugs, Simon takes out his gun and asks for the keys to their car. He and Françoise then go to a motel. While they are showering together, several police cars arrive in front of the motel. The police chief uses a megaphone to ask them to leave their room with raised hands within five minutes. Françoise now calls the reception and tells the police chief that she and Simon have several hostages under their control. In the end, they are given two getaway cars. Françoise pretends to be a hostage and gets into the first car with Simon, who holds his pistol to her head, and they drive off together. Before the police realize that they have been duped, Simon and Françoise have already disappeared. The next day they hitchhike in a truck towards New York . There, they hope, they will one day lead a civil life. During the trip, Françoise dreams that they play music together in a sophisticated hotel: Simon on the piano and she herself on the cello.
background
The shooting took place from the beginning of January to the end of February 1979 in Le Havre , Marseille , Nice , Paris and in Plattsburgh , USA . Simon Lelouch, the director's son, and Chiara Mastroianni , daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni , can also be seen in extras .
Alone for two celebrated its premiere on May 23, 1979 at the Cannes International Film Festival , where the film was shown outside of the competition. It was not until January 23, 1980 that it went into general rental in France . In Germany , the film was shown in cinemas for the first time on March 7, 1980. In 2005 and 2010 it was released on DVD.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films spoke of a "[with] wit and irony, a story developed at a leisurely pace, which is borne by clear sympathy for the heroes and offers good entertainment". According to Cinema , director Claude Lelouch told "his Bonnie and Clyde version with astonishingly modern-looking time montages". In short, it is a "[beautiful] Amour fou with French charm". Prisma believed that "[b] it is especially the acting of Catherine Deneuve and Jacques Dutronc as a wandering gangster couple" that gives the film "wit and irony".
German version
The German dubbing was created for the German first release in the cinema. Catherine Deneuve was dubbed by Viktoria Brams and Jacques Dutronc by Elmar Wepper .
Web links
- Alone together in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synopsis, criticism, poster and pictures for the film on der-film-noir.de
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alone for two. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ cf. prisma.de
- ↑ Alone for two. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .