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School for Love

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School for Love
Directed byMarc Allégret
Written byMarc Allégret
Roger Vadim
Based onEingang zur Bühne (The Entrance to the Stage)
1920 novel
by Vicki Baum[1]
Produced byGilbert Cohen-Seat
StarringJean Marais
Brigitte Bardot
CinematographyRobert Juillard
Edited bySuzanne de Troeye
Music byJean Wiener
Production
companies
Régie du Film
Del Duca Films
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 26 April 1955 (1955-04-26) (France)[2]
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$7.1 million[3]

School for Love (Futures vedettes) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay, based on a novel by Vicki Baum was adapted for the screen by Allégret.[4]

The film was released under different titles in various countries: Joy of Living or School for Love in the U.S., Sweet Sixteen in the U.K. and Reif auf jungen Blüten in West Germany.

Plot

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Tenor Eric Walter, a teacher at a Vienna conservatory, is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he starts a romantic relationship with one of his students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous, leading to a complex web of emotions and conflicts.

Cast

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Reception

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The film performed poorly at the French box office,[3] with only 949,416 admissions.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Silverman, Lisa (2012-06-19). Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars. ISBN 9780199794881.
  2. ^ Stinson, Charles (3 June 1960). "Bardot (Clad) Studies Voice in New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
  3. ^ a b "Future Vendettes". Box Office Story.
  4. ^ Futures vedettes (1955) at the Films de France
  5. ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
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