LE PLAISIR [Max Ophuls]
(HOUSE OF PLEASURE / PLEASURE)
[5234]

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Director: Max Ophuls

Genre: Art House

Country: France

Year: 1952

Le Plaisir, based on the stories of Guy du Maupassant, takes a gently wistful approach to the subject of love and desire through its three tales.

Le Masque is the melancholy story of an old man as a veritable dancing wax museum figure hopelessly grasping for his lost youth in a nightly masquerade. La Maison Tellier, "a fairy tale for adults," in the words of the narrator (Jean Servais playing Maupassant), is a delightful tale of a local brothel that closes for a night for a visit to the country, where the ladies have gone to celebrate a young girl's first communion.

Jean Gabin is delightful as the charming country bumpkin who plays host to the troupe and becomes sweetly smitten with flirty Danielle Darrieux. The finale, Le Modele, stars Daniel Gélin and Simone Simon as young lovers whose imminent breakup heads toward tragedy, but takes a fateful turn both sad and sweet.

Le Plaisir is a delicate portrait of love and desire. A favourite film of Jean-Luc Godard who called it "the greatest film made in France since the liberation".

DVD FEATURES

Original Fullframe Version

French audio

Optional English subtitles

Introduction by film director Todd Haynes (17 mins)

'Les Chemins du Plaisir': documentary feature (55 mins)

'Moments from Le Plaisir': a photographic short story

'From script to screen': featurette (20 mins)

LE PLAISIR [Max Ophuls]

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LE PLAISIR [Max Ophuls](HOUSE OF PLEASURE / PLEASURE)[5234]Stock Status: In Stock

$32.95

LE PLAISIR [Max Ophuls]
(HOUSE OF PLEASURE / PLEASURE)
[5234]

Stock Status: In Stock