Love games

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Movie
German title Love games
Original title Les jeux de l'amour
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1960
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Philippe de Broca
script Daniel Boulanger ,
Philippe de Broca
production Claude Chabrol ,
Roland Nonin
music Georges Delerue
camera Jean Penzer
cut Laurence Méry-Clark
occupation

Love games is a 1959 French comedy film by debut director Philippe de Broca . Under his direction, the then young actors Jean-Pierre Cassel and Geneviève Cluny , for whom this film was the breakthrough, play the leading roles.

action

Paris, autumn 1959. Pretty, blonde Suzanne is the owner of an antique shop. Her friend Victor, a personable, charming sun boy, is her boyfriend, but an extremely ehephobic contemporary. Since Suzanne's lifelong dream is "orderly relationships", ie marriage and, moreover, her own children, she tries to persuade Victor to finally propose to her. But Victor can only laugh about it. He is like a leaf in the wind, loves not to commit himself and has only one fear: to lose his freedom. Why should he want to change something? After all, his relationship with the pretty blonde has been going smoothly for two years.

But Suzanne can no longer accept Victor's attitude, and she has an alternative up her sleeve. Because there are still both house friends François. He has noticed Suzanne's hopes and wishes and is only too happy to stand in for Victor if he doesn't want to appear in front of the altar. Suzanne knows how to play the "François card" skillfully, and so Victor finally shows up, who suddenly has to deal with the fear of losing his Suzanne, but still ready to comply with her wish and to marry her.

Production notes

Liebesspiele was shot from August 31st to October 9th, 1959 and celebrated its world premiere on June 1st, 1960. In Germany, the film opened on September 16th, 1960.

Jacques Saulnier and Bernard Evein created the film structures, and Jean Labussière provided the sound. Pierre Lhomme served chief cameraman Jean Penzer as a simple cameraman.

Reviews

The reviews - nationally and internationally - were consistently benevolent. Here are four examples:

"The film is considered the first comedy of the 'nouvelle vague'. In fact, it is thematically entirely in the tradition of the French film amusement. Clair could have staged it thirty years earlier. What is new, however, is the type of design that lives from improvisations and relies on unknown actors. The result was a very direct, likeable film that reflected the youth's attitude towards life in a playful way. "

- Reclams film guide, by Dieter Krusche, collaboration: Jürgen Labenski. P. 356. Stuttgart 1973

In the lexicon of international films it says: “The late transformation of an unmarried love into a marriage. Cheerful 'Nouvelle Vague' offshoot from the very beginning, rich in charm and formal appeal. "

" Les jeux de l'amour (1959) demonstrated De Broca's talent for the lively, almost ballet-like comedy and brought out the lively personality of its main actor Jean-Pierre Cassel to the best."

- Bucher's Encyclopedia of Films, Verlag CJ Bucher, Lucerne and Frankfurt / M. 1977, p. 168

The film's large lexicon of people called love games an “amorous and amusing film joke”.

Awards

The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 1960 and received the Silver Bear .

Individual evidence

  1. Jean-Claude Sabria: Cinéma français. Les années 50. Paris 1987, no.482
  2. Love games. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 1, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of films, Volume 1, p. 562. Berlin 2001

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