A Very Private Affair

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A Very Private Affair
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Theatrical release poster
FrenchVie privée
Directed byLouis Malle
Written byLouis Malle
Jean Ferry
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Produced by
StarringBrigitte Bardot
Marcello Mastroianni
Nicolas Bataille
Cinematography
Music byFiorenzo Carpi
Distributed byPathe Films
Release date
  • 31 January 1962 (1962-01-31) (France)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1,879,668 admissions (France)[1]

A Very Private Affair (French: Vie privée, lit.'Private Life') is a 1962 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot.[2]

Premise[]

Eighteen-year-old Jill enjoys a comfortable upper-class existence with her widowed mother in Switzerland and develops a crush on Fabio, a friend's husband. She heads off to Paris to become a model and dancer. Soon, Jill is discovered by a film producer and made into a huge movie star. The pressures and annoyances of fame take their toll on her and she returns to Switzerland to recuperate. Jill has an affair with the now divorced Fabio. The press continues to hound her, leading to more complications in her private life.

Cast[]

Reception[]

According to MGM, records the film lost $128,000.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ "NY Times: A Very Private Affair". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  3. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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