The Diary of Lady M

The Diary of Lady M (1993)

Le Journal de Lady M.

She's a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Despite the fact that she is unlikely to become famous, she enjoys her life as a performer who lives just outside the mainstream. Awaiting her backstage one evening is a Spanish painter who has seen her show and wants to make her acquaintance. They walk around Paris getting to know one another, and then the painter returns to Spain. Something about the man has moved Lady M to passion: she flies to meet him in Barcelona and he shows her his beloved Catalonia. This time, however, their relationship is as much about passionate lovemaking as it is about compatibility. So smitten is Lady M with her new man that when she discovers that the painter has a black wife and child, she is only a little bit taken aback and she invites his whole family to join her in Paris. Surprisingly, they do, and the number of people sharing their love and sexual appetites changes from two to three.

Date of release
1993-01-22
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama
Director
Alain Tanner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Cadaqués, Cape of Creus, Port Lligat, El Port de la Selva, Sant Pere de Rodes, Banyoles and 1 more
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Diary of Lady M is a 1993 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Myriam Mézières, who also stars. A co-production between Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and France, the film follows a Paris nightclub singer whose affair with a Catalan painter becomes entangled with his marriage. It screened at festivals including Locarno, Montréal, Toronto, London and Istanbul.

Production

Mézières wrote the screenplay based on her own diary, with the story presented through her first-person narration.

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