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La Chamade (film)
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Wikipedia article
'La Chamade' (Heartbeat) is a 1968 French romantic drama film written and directed by Alain Cavalier and starring Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli.
Plot
Based on the 1965 novel 'La Chamade' by Franoise Sagan, the film is about a beautiful woman who is mistress to Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman who provides for all her material needs, but for whom she has no true love. When she meets a charming young man her own age, Antoine, she falls in love. He finds her a menial job in a publishing firm, but she can not or will not hold it down. Soon she becomes pregnant with his child. But Charles helps her through her crisis by funding her abortion against the wishes of Antoine, who nevertheless accepts, even though he planned on moving out of his bachelor flat, the three of them into a soulless concrete block, money being short. In the aftermath, her feelings for the younger Antoine fade. Eventually, she returns to the good-hearted businessman who has patiently waited for her.
Cast
*Catherine Deneuve as Lucile
*Michel Piccoli as Charles
* as Antoine
*Amidou as Etienne
*Philippine Pascal as Claire
* as Johnny
*Irne Tunc as Diane
*Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Production
'La Chamade' was filmed on location in Paris and Nice.
Filming took place in April 1968 and was interrupted by riots in Paris.Suzy Says: Only the Beginning, 'Chicago Tribune', 30 April 1968, p. B1.
Reception
Upon its theatrical release, 'La Chamade' received generally positive reviews. In his review in 'The New York Times', Vincent Canby wrote, "Cavalier may have created a practically perfect screen equivalent of the novelist's prose style." In addition to praising the performances by Deneuve and Piccoli, Canby writes:
References
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