Les Amants. France 1958.
Director: Louis Malle
Screenwriter: Louise de Vilmorin
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, José Luis de Villalonga, Jean-Marc Bory
Subjects of interest: adultery
Synopsis:
Jeanne Tournier is a married woman belonging to the bourgeoisie of Dijon. Boring life with her husband in a small town, occasionally passing seasons in Paris, which alternates with a friend and a lover. However, despite Jeanne his double life remains dissatisfied.
Comment:
The scandal 
which had been in France over a hundred years before the publication of Madame Bovary also struck in 1958 the premiere of another work, this time film on an adulteress. Although when it premiered lovers and extramarital affairs were a common theme in the film, the issue was always with a moralizing tone: U.S. censorship code expressly forbade adultery show that did not bring terrible consequences for those involved ( especially for women) and in Europe, despite not having a defined rules about the fear of censorship and pressure of various types produced a similar result.
But things began to change and this film was proof of that. For many viewers of the time, was the first time I saw a bed scene in a movie, with a shy nude included. However, the most striking thing was not so much a liar is married with a boy younger than herself and saw no ellipsis that their relationship was carnal, but the director want to show without condemning or transmit any moral message.
As always in the Louis Malle film, there is no plot very
defined and a classic that provides a progression from one scene to another, but different sequences show the apathy of a woman who cheats on her husband and maintains a double life with a lover fixed without any romantic alibi. Jeanne not looking for love or is idealistic and has no practical excuse for his double life, apart from the boredom of bourgeois existence in the provinces. However, the relationship with her lover has become just as routine and formal marriage and dissatisfaction of women is growing. Only an encounter with a handsome young man near the end of the film will be reborn especially sexual passion in Jeanne, and will not be punished for it, as would have been usual even in a movie now. Like all works of its director, Lovers shows a hedonistic character in search of freedom and pleasure apart from the moral and social standards, but it will take any kind of doom. Scenes
which had been in France over a hundred years before the publication of Madame Bovary also struck in 1958 the premiere of another work, this time film on an adulteress. Although when it premiered lovers and extramarital affairs were a common theme in the film, the issue was always with a moralizing tone: U.S. censorship code expressly forbade adultery show that did not bring terrible consequences for those involved ( especially for women) and in Europe, despite not having a defined rules about the fear of censorship and pressure of various types produced a similar result. But things began to change and this film was proof of that. For many viewers of the time, was the first time I saw a bed scene in a movie, with a shy nude included. However, the most striking thing was not so much a liar is married with a boy younger than herself and saw no ellipsis that their relationship was carnal, but the director want to show without condemning or transmit any moral message.
As always in the Louis Malle film, there is no plot very
defined and a classic that provides a progression from one scene to another, but different sequences show the apathy of a woman who cheats on her husband and maintains a double life with a lover fixed without any romantic alibi. Jeanne not looking for love or is idealistic and has no practical excuse for his double life, apart from the boredom of bourgeois existence in the provinces. However, the relationship with her lover has become just as routine and formal marriage and dissatisfaction of women is growing. Only an encounter with a handsome young man near the end of the film will be reborn especially sexual passion in Jeanne, and will not be punished for it, as would have been usual even in a movie now. Like all works of its director, Lovers shows a hedonistic character in search of freedom and pleasure apart from the moral and social standards, but it will take any kind of doom. Scenes Highlights: Jeanne
- seduced by a new young lover at the end of film.La without many openly camera shows how the couple has sex, for the first time during the film, viewers see a women's full enjoyment.
Anecdotes:
- was presented at the 1958 Venice Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Prize.
- The Catholic Church was positioned hard against the film, sparking much controversy. However, the film had no legal trouble for showing in France beyond the attempts to boycott the right wing press. In the United States the owner of a cinema came to be prosecuted and fined for showing it, although the Supreme Court, before which appealed the sentence, set aside the penalty for not considering that the film was pornographic. About
Louis Malle 
(Thumeries, France, 1932 - Los Angeles 1995) was one of the great innovators of French cinema in the late 50's and early 60's, but always considered outside the movement nouvelle vague. At the time, the amorality of his work and the lack of prosecutions and convictions to characters with free or unorthodox sexual behaviors caused much controversy, especially in titles like lovers or The heart murmur. The controversy, in this case for political reasons, Lacombe Lucien raised moves him to emigrate in the 70 United States, where it rolls The small and Atlantic City . Sexuality in his films is shown as a powerful force, amoral openly displayed or morbidity, with a large normal.
(Thumeries, France, 1932 - Los Angeles 1995) was one of the great innovators of French cinema in the late 50's and early 60's, but always considered outside the movement nouvelle vague. At the time, the amorality of his work and the lack of prosecutions and convictions to characters with free or unorthodox sexual behaviors caused much controversy, especially in titles like lovers or The heart murmur. The controversy, in this case for political reasons, Lacombe Lucien raised moves him to emigrate in the 70 United States, where it rolls The small and Atlantic City . Sexuality in his films is shown as a powerful force, amoral openly displayed or morbidity, with a large normal. Links: IMDB
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