- Le Bateau sur l'herbe
Infobox Film
name = Le Bateau sur l'herbe
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director =Gérard Brach
producer =Jean-Pierre Rassam
writer =Gérard Brach Roman Polanski Suzanne Schiffman
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starring =Claude Jade Jean-Pierre Cassel
John McEneryValentina Cortese
music =François Rabbath
cinematography =Étienne Becker
editing =Claude Barrois
distributor =Valoria Films
released =April 16 1971
runtime = 90 mins
country = flagicon|FranceFrance
language = French
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imdb_id = 0065454"Le Bateau sur l'herbe" ("The Boat on the Grass") is a
1971 French film directed byGérard Brach .*Written by:
Gérard Brach andRoman Polanski *Starring:
Claude Jade ,Jean-Pierre Cassel , John McEnery,Valentina Cortese Plot summary
In this gentle, tragic drama, Olivier (John McEnery) is a wealthy young man. He spends his time building a boat on the lawn with his friend David (Jean-Pierre Cassel), a poor fisherman whom he grew up with. Though hardly idyllic, the relative calm provided by their friendship is disrupted by Eleonore (Claude Jade), a cute and determined young woman who sets her sights on David. She wants to wean David from his friendship with Olivier and plays on David's long-dormant jealousy of Olivier's wealth and easy life. Eleonore also plays the flipside of the jealousy issue, claiming that Olivier has made passes at her.
Vincent Canby : "Adorable Acting, especially byClaude Jade , who brings the right mixture of conventionalism and self-interest into her role."External links
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