The story of Laura M
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The story of Laura M |
| Original title | Laura, les ombres de l'été |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Hamilton |
| script | David Hamilton (story), Joe Morhaim , André Szots |
| production |
Serge Laski , Alain Terzian |
| music | Patrick Juvet |
| camera | Bernard Daillencourt |
| cut | Joële Van Effenterre |
| occupation | |
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The Story of Laura M is a French film directed by David Hamilton .
content
The pubescent teenager Laura sees the older sculptor Paul Thomas Wyler playing ballet and falls in love with him. She doesn't know that her mother was once his lover and model. After initial reluctance, she allows him to make a sculpture of Laura, albeit based on pictures she made of her naked daughter. When Paul temporarily loses his sight after an accident and the sculpture is not yet finished, Laura is the model in person and Paul can finish his work by touch.
background
At the beginning, Hamilton used one of his favorite motifs, which he already showed in detail in various photographs and in his last illustrated book La Danse , the ballet. As in Bilitis , the sculptor Paul focuses on an artist as the male protagonist.
Reviews
- “(...) soft-porned product by cuddly soft-draftsman Hamilton with a lot of girl's skin and hair." (Rating: 1 star = weak) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in: Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 296
- “The pompous story is told in honey-sweet picture sequences that are intended to illustrate the connection between art and eros. Nevertheless, the film remains unconvincing and boring. ”- Lexicon of international film
Web links
- The story of Laura M in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The story of Laura M. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed December 11, 2016 .