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 McEnery
Valentina Cortese
music = François Rabbath
cinematography = Étienne Becker
editing = Claude Barrois
distributor = Valoria Films
released = April 16 1971
runtime = 90 mins
country = flagicon|France France
language = French
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amg_id = 1:141330
imdb_id = 0065454

"Le Bateau sur l'herbe" ("The Boat on the Grass") is a 1971 French film directed by Gérard Brach.

*Written by: Gérard Brach and Roman 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 by Claude Jade, who brings the right mixture of conventionalism and self-interest into her role."

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