Lettres d'amour Love letters

DVD 2018

During the reign of Napoleon III, a plucky businesswoman agrees to receive love letters to a prefect's wife from a young official, and soon finds herself embroiled in a scandal that inflames a town's class tensions.

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Businesswomen France Drama

France History 1848-1870 Drama

Letters Drama

Man-woman relationships France Drama

Scandals France Drama

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Drama Feature films Film adaptations Foreign films -- France Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 45 Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Series 45, Claude Autant-Lara, four romantic escapes from occupied France Eclipse. Series 45. Claude Autant-Lara, four romantic escapes from occuped France

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Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
stamping
digital
optical
stereo
5.1 Dolby Digital
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Claude Autant-Lara, four romantic escapes from occupied France. Lettres d'amour [DVD]
Love letters [DVD]

Notes:

Split from DVD combo set
Based on the novel by Henry Aurenche
Originally released as a motion picture in 1942
Editor, Yvonne Martin ; photography, Rémy Duval ; music, Maurice Yvain
Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Julien Carette, André Alerme, Simone Renant, Robert Vattier, Louis Salou
DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.37:1); mono
French dialogue; with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

2435625

UPC:

715515193313

Other Authors:

Aurenche, Jean, screenwriter
Autant-Lara, Claude, 1901-2000, film director
Carette, Julien, 1897-1966, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Joyeux, Odette, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Aurenche, H. (Henry). Lettres d'amour
Périer, François, actor
Tual, Roland, film producer
Yvain, Maurice, 1891-1965, composer (expression)

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