Heartbeat (1968)
La Chamade
The heart has many rooms, some filled, most empty.
The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
- Date of release
- 1968-10-30
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Alain Cavalier
Casting
- Catherine Deneuve — Lucile
- Michel Piccoli — Charles
- Roger Van Hool — Antoine
- Amidou — Etienne
- Philippine Pascal — Claire
- Louise Rioton — Pauline, la servante
- Monique Lejeune — Marianne
- Christiane Lasquin — Madeleine
- Matt Carney — Destret, l'Américain
- Irène Tunc — Diane
- Jacques Sereys — Johnny
- Jean-François Stévenin — le jeune homme au pull bleu, dans le bistrot
Interesting facts
- Based on: La Chamade
- Filmed in: Paris and Saint-Tropez
La Chamade is a 1968 romantic drama film directed by Alain Cavalier from a screenplay he co-wrote with Françoise Sagan, based on Sagan's 1965 novel. It stars Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli, with Roger Van Hool, Jacques Sereys, Philippine Pascal and Irène Tunc. The film follows a young woman (Deneuve) who finds herself torn between her older, wealthy lover (Piccoli) and a working-class man her own age.
Production
Principal photography took place from 17 April to 6 July 1968 in Paris, Nice, Saint-Tropez and at the Epinay Studios in Épinay-sur-Seine. La Chamade was one of four productions interrupted by the May 68 events in France.
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