Love has two faces
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Love has two faces |
| Original title | The Mirror Has Two Faces |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Barbra Streisand |
| script | Richard LaGravenese |
| production |
Arnon Milchan , Barbra Streisand |
| music |
Marvin Hamlisch , Barbra Streisand |
| camera |
Andrzej Bartkowiak , Dante Spinotti |
| cut |
Monica Anderson , Jeff Werner |
| occupation | |
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Love has two faces (Original title: The Mirror Has Two Faces ) is an American romantic comedy by Barbra Streisand from 1996. It is a remake of the French film Le Miroir a deux faces by André Cayatte from 1958.
action
Rose Morgan and Gregory Larkin, two professors at Columbia University , have gone through some failed relationships. Rose's boyfriend Alex later married her sister Claire. Gregory posts an acquaintance report, which Claire secretly answers for Rose. Gregory attends a lecture by Rose during which she speaks disparagingly about the role of sex in the relationship. He leaves the lecture before Rose has finished her lecture, which is the main reason for the misunderstandings that follow, because Rose by no means rejects sex in principle.
Rose and Gregory get to know each other and decide to have a platonic relationship. They later get married. When Rose wants to have sex one day, Gregory is insecure and finally refuses. Gregory is going to Europe for a few months. After some encouraging words from her mother, Rose decides to carry out a complete renovation so that she pleases herself. When Gregory returns from Europe, he is appalled by the change in Rose. This suggests to him that she has a need for passion and will therefore leave him.
Alex is left by Claire. Now that Rose has become a gorgeous and attractive woman, he's quite interested in her. However, Rose realizes that she no longer feels anything for Alex. Gregory, who has not been able to get along without Rose for a long time, decides in his jealousy to confess to Rose that he can no longer live without her.
Reviews
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times compared the film to a play by George Bernard Shaw. He treats the issues of sexuality and love in an intelligent way.
The lexicon of international films describes love has two faces as “a romantic comedy about the complicated relationship between mind and feeling and the supposed incompatibility of physical and emotional love”. The film is "amusingly staged with a lot of puny language jokes" and especially "in the female roles also rich in nuances and sensitive".
Awards
Lauren Bacall and the song sung by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams for the film I've Finally Found Someone were nominated for an Oscar in 1997. Bacall won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress that same year . Also nominated for the Golden Globe were Barbra Streisand for Best Actress, the song I've Finally Found Someone and the film music by Marvin Hamlisch . Bacall could also win the 1996 San Diego Film Critics Society Award and the 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award ; she was also nominated for the 1997 Golden Satellite Award .
Web links
- Mirror Has Two Faces in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mirror Has Two Faces at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Film information from Kino Xenix, Zurich
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert on rogerebert.suntimes.com
- ↑ Love has two faces. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .