Entre Nous (film)

Entre Nous
Entre Nous
	French film poster for Entre Nous
Directed by	Diane Kurys
Written by	(book); Diane Kurys (book);
Produced by	Ariel Zeitoun
Starring	Miou-Miou; Isabelle Huppert; Guy Marchand
Cinematography	Bernard Lutic
Edited by
Music by	Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	6 April 1983;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Entre Nous ("Between Us"; also known as Coup de foudre) is a 1983 French biographical drama film directed by Diane Kurys, who shares the writing credits with . Set in the France of the mid 20th century, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Christine Pascal, Denis Lavant and Dominique Lavanant. Coup de Foudre means "love at first sight".

Plot[]

In France in 1942 a young Jewish woman, Léna, is interned by the Vichy authorities and risks deportation to Nazi Germany. Michel, one of the guards, offers to save her by marrying her. They escape on foot over the Alps to Italy. After the war they settle in Lyon, where Michel opens a garage and Léna has two daughters with him. At a school event she meets another mother, Madeleine, married with one son. The two women become close friends and the two husbands get along with each other, though both men are secretly jealous of the bond their wives share.

Madeleine has a brief affair with her former art teacher, for which Léna lends her flat. Unfortunately, Michel comes home at lunchtime and finds the guilty couple. This turns him against Madeleine, and Léna's friendship with her. The two women were planning to open a dress shop, which Michel says he will finance provided it is without Madeleine, who has gone off to Paris. Taking a night train to go and see her, Léna has a sexual encounter with a soldier, her first experience apart from Michel and very enjoyable. In Paris, the two women dance and get drunk in a night club and fall into bed together.

But Léna has not realised the fragility of Madeleine, who is placed in a mental hospital and then released to the care of her parents. Going to see her, Léna takes her out to show her the new dress shop. Unfortunately, Michel drops in and on seeing Madeleine there smashes the place up. Léna takes Madeleine and their children away to a rented house beside the sea, where Michel turns up trying for reconciliation. An end caption says that Madeleine died.

Cast[]

Miou-Miou as Madeleine Segara née Vernier
Isabelle Huppert as Lena Korski née Weber
Guy Marchand as Michel Korski
Jean-Pierre Bacri as Costa Segara
Robin Renucci as Raymond
Patrick Bauchau as Roland Carlier
as Mr. Vernier
Jacqueline Doyen as Mme. Vernier
as Sophie
as René Segara
Christine Pascal as Sarah
as 'unnamed'
as Lionel Feldman
as Le chef de gare
as Flirt

Awards and nominations[]

Won[]

San Sebastián Film Festival
- FIPRESCI Prize (Diane Kurys)

Nominated[]

Academy Awards
- Best Foreign Language Film^[1]
César Awards
- Best Actor – Supporting Role (Guy Marchand)
- Best Actress – Leading Role (Miou-Miou)
- Best Film
- Best Screenplay – Original (Diane Kurys and Alain Le Henry)

References[]

^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

External links[]

[Oscars1984-1] "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

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