La Chamade - palpitations
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | La Chamade - palpitations |
| Original title | La Chamade |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Alain Cavalier |
| script | Alain Cavalier, Françoise Sagan |
| production | Maria Rosaria |
| music | Maurice Leroux |
| camera | Pierre Lhomme |
| cut | Pierre Gillette |
| occupation | |
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La Chamade - Herzklopfen (Original title: La Chamade) is a French - Italian film drama with Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli from 1968. The novel La Chamade by Françoise Sagan , which was also involved in the creation of the screenplay, served as a literary model .
action
The Parisian Lucile is young, beautiful and spoiled. She lets herself be endured by her rich lover, the older Charles. Together they visit the most important theaters, the hippest cabarets and the most exclusive restaurants in town. One day, while playing croquet , Lucile meets the handsome but penniless Antoine. One evening when she and Charles and friends admire a group of musicians in front of a café, she meets Antoine again. He is in the company of his girlfriend Diane. Charles does not miss that Lucile is interested in Antoine. So that she has fun, he makes sure that Lucile and Antoine are left alone. Antoine brings Lucile home later. The next day, Lucile visits Antoine in his apartment. They kiss and sleep together.
When Charles has to travel to New York for two weeks on business , Lucile intensifies her relationship with Antoine. This demands of her that she has to choose between him and Charles. Lucile arrives at the airport to pick up Charles and tell him that she would like to end the relationship with him and prefer to live with Antoine. Since the plane cannot land immediately for technical reasons and Lucile is worried for Charles' life, she cannot bring herself to break up with him. Lucile and Antoine meet again at a birthday party for a mutual friend. When Antoine asks Lucile to dance, but she doesn't want to and the other guests notice both of them, Antoine leaves the party angrily. Even at dawn he walks thoughtfully through the streets. In his apartment, he finally confesses to Diane that he wants to break up with her because he has fallen in love with Lucile.
Charles and Lucile then go on vacation to Nice . However, Charles has to leave early. When Antoine learns that Lucile is alone on the beach in Nice, he immediately travels to see her. After their return to Paris together, Lucile manages to leave Charles and to forego the clothes he had given him. Lucile and Antoine are happy together for one summer. Since Antoine doesn't earn enough for two as a journalist, Lucile takes a job in an archive. However, Lucile soon believes that she was not made for a working life. She quits, but pretends she continues to go to work every day. When Antoine learns that she is no longer going to work and lied to him for three weeks, he slaps her on the face. They make up, but when Lucile becomes pregnant she feels increasingly cramped and unhappy. Antoine suggests moving to a larger apartment in a high-rise building, but Lucile isn't ready for a child. She misses the luxurious and carefree life at the side of Charles - especially since he accepts her for who she is. So she visits Charles and asks him to fund an abortion. Charles, who loves Lucile almost unconditionally with her childlike, naive charm and her joy of playing, is of course helpful. After the medical procedure, Lucile hears from a friend that Charles has cancer. Concern for him eventually brings them together again. After going to a concert together, Charles asks Lucile to stay with him. She returns to Antoine's apartment and sees Antoine asleep in his bed. With a heavy heart she leaves the apartment and calls Antoine shortly afterwards. She informs him that she is returning to Charles and then makes her way to his mansion.
background
Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli had previously played together in Agnès Varda's film The Creatures (1966) and Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour - Beauty of the Day (1967). The shooting of La Chamade took place from mid-April to May 1968 in Paris and Nice. The Place Vendôme in Paris was the scene of the film several times, including one scene when Deneuve and Roger van Hool are on the viewing platform of the Colonne Vendôme . Deneuve's film wardrobe was designed by Yves Saint Laurent . The film opened in French cinemas on October 30, 1968. In Germany it was published on March 14, 1969.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films called La Chamade - Palpitations as "[b] ittersweet melodrama with socially critical sprinkles". However, it is only about “elegantly staged ready-made goods with a prominent cast”. In short, Cinema considered the film to be "[b] brilliantly played and elegantly staged". The Protestant film observer again wrote: "Well-staged triangular story based on a novel by Françoise Sagan without weight and claim."
German version
The German dubbed version was created for the first German release in the cinema (March 14, 1969).
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lucile | Catherine Deneuve | Helga Trümper |
| Charles | Michel Piccoli | Horst Naumann |
| Antoine | Roger van Hool | Christian Wolff |
| Johnny | Jacques Sereys | Paul Bürks |
| Diane | Irene Tunc | Eva Pflug |
| Etienne | Amidou | Fred Klaus |
| Marianne | Monique Lejeune | Rose-Marie Kirstein |
Web links
- La Chamade - palpitations in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film excerpt and pictures for the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Chamade - Palpitation of the Heart. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 180/1969.
- ↑ La Chamade - Palpitation of the Heart. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .