Les mauvaises rencontres

Les mauvaises rencontres
Les mauvaises rencontres
Directed by	Alexandre Astruc
Screenplay by	Alexandre Astruc; Roland Laudenbach
Based on	The Cautious Maiden by Cécil Saint-Laurent
Produced by	Edmond Ténoudji
Starring	Anouk Aimée
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Maurice Serein
Music by	Maurice Le Roux
Production; company	Les Films Marceau
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	21 October 1955;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Les mauvaises rencontres (English: Bad Liaisons) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc and starring Anouk Aimée. It tells the story of an ambitious journalist who has sacrificed her emotional life for the sake of her career. The story is told through flashbacks during a police interrogation. The film is based on the novel The Cautious Maiden by Cécil Saint-Laurent. Filming took place from 7 March to 7 May 1955.^[1]

The film was shown in competition at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and won the award for Most Promising New Director. It was released in France on 21 October 1955.^[1]

Cast

Anouk Aimée as Catherine Racan
Jean-Claude Pascal as Blaise Walter
Philippe Lemaire as Alain Bergère
Gaby Sylvia as Hélène Ducouret
Claude Dauphin as Doctor Jacques Daniéli
Giani Esposito as Pierre Jaeger
Yves Robert as Inspector Forbin
Michel Piccoli as an Inspector

References

^ ^a ^b "Les Mauvaises rencontres". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-12.

External links

Les mauvaises rencontres at IMDb

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