English Title: The Lovers
Original Title: Les amants
Year: 1958
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Louis Malle
Writer: Louise de Vilmorin
based on the novel POINT DE LENDEMAIN by Dominique Vivant
Music: Johannes Brahms
Cinematography: Henri Decaë
Cast:
Jeanne Moreau
Jean-Marc Bory
Alain Cuny
Judith Magre
José Luis de Vilallonga
Gaston Modot
Michèle Girardon
Rating: 7.5/10
One of Louis Malle’s sterling juvenilia made at the age of 25, his second feature film after ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (also stars Ms. Moreau), released the same year in 1958. THE LOVERS notches up the Special Jury Prize in Venice Film Festival and puts his leading lady’s name on the French cinematic map, who would become a prominent face of the forthcoming NOUVEAU VAGUE.
In THE LOVERS, Moreau plays Jeanne, the trophy wife of Henri Tournier (Cuny), a newspa…