Circle of Love

Circle of Love (1964)

La Ronde

Until Vadim, LOVE has been child's play... Now watch the adults play!

In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

Date of release
1964-10-16
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director
Roger Vadim

Casting

Interesting facts

Circle of Love is a 1964 French drama film directed by Roger Vadim and based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play Reigen. The film generated minor controversy because of Jane Fonda's nude scene, the first by a major American actress in a foreign film.

Production

After having recently directed the box-office hit Les liaisons dangereuses, Vadim took on another adaptation of a classic erotic text that became La ronde. As Vadim later said:

When I make a picture about relations between people, something erotic comes through; I can't help it! But sex has been an inspiration, the greatest inspiration, since art exists. I don't mean pornography. But when I do something I like to go to the end with what I express. It is very difficult in France to talk about anything but sex! Politics, the army, the police, Catholicism - in that order.

During filming, Jane Fonda began a romantic relationship with Vadim that continued for several years, and married.

Catherine Spaak later claimed that Vadim was so focused on Fonda during the making of the film that "everyone suffered."

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