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Mélo 
Directed by Alain Resnais Produced by Marin Karmitz
Catherine Lapoujade (executive producer)Written by Alain Resnais
Henri Bernstein (play)Starring Fanny Ardant
André Dussollier
Sabine Azéma
Pierre ArditiMusic by M. Philippe-Gérard Cinematography Charles Van Damme Editing by Albert Jurgenson Release date(s) 3 September 1986 Running time 112 min Country France Language French Mélo is a 1929 play by Henri Bernstein.
It was first filmed in 1932 by Paul Czinner.
The better-known 1986 French film based on the play was directed by Alain Resnais, and starred Fanny Ardant, André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi. It won the César Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
Plot
Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are violinists and lifelong friends living in Paris in the 1920s. While Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not, both are happy with their lives. Pierre is happily married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper. However, Marcel meets and falls in love with her, which Marcel little suspects. Romaine carries on her affair with Marcel, even as Pierre falls ill, which she may have deliberately exacerbated with her treatment in order to murder him. Soon Marcel goes on a concert tour, and Romaine abandons Pierre for a romantic tryst. When Marcel returns, Romaine reconsiders the affair, and realizes that she loves both Pierre and Marcel. She decides that she does not want to hurt either her husband or her lover, and as no other solution seems possible, she commits suicide. Three years later, Pierre visits Marcel to seek the truth, and Marcel tells him that no illicit affair occurred, thereby honoring her memory.
Cast (1986 film)
- Sabine Azéma - Romaine Belcroix
- Fanny Ardant - Christiane Levesque
- Pierre Arditi - Pierre Belcroix
- André Dussollier - Marcel Blanc
- Jacques Dacqmine - Dr. Remy
- Hubert Gignoux - Le Prêtre
- Catherine Arditi - Yvonne
External links
- Mélo at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Alain Resnais Feature films Hiroshima mon amour · Last Year at Marienbad · Muriel · The War Is Over · Je t'aime, je t'aime · Stavisky · Providence · Mon oncle d'Amérique · Life Is a Bed of Roses · Love Unto Death · Mélo · I Want to Go Home · Gershwin · Smoking/No Smoking · Same Old Song · Not on the Lips · Private Fears in Public Places · Wild Grass · You Haven't Seen Anything YetShort films L'Aventure de Guy · Schéma d'une identification · Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire · Visite à Oscar Dominguez · Visite à Lucien Coutaud · Visite à Hans Hartung · Visite à Félix Labisse · Visite à César Doméla · Van Gogh (1947) · Portrait d'Henri Goetz · Le Lait Nestlé · L'Alcool tue · La Bague · Journée naturelle · Van Gogh (1948) · Malfray · Les Jardins de Paris · Châteaux de France · Guernica · Gauguin · Statues Also Die · Night and Fog · Toute la mémoire du monde · Le Mystère de l'atelier quinze · Le Chant du styrène · Segment "Claude Ridder" in Far from Vietnam · Segment "Wall Street" in L'An 01Categories:- French-language films
- 1929 plays
- 1932 films
- 1986 films
- 1930s drama films
- 1980s drama films
- French films
- Films featuring a Best Actress César Award winning performance
- Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor César Award winning performance
- Films directed by Alain Resnais
- 1980s French film stubs
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