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Le plaisir
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Pleasure--France--19th century--Drama.
- Pleasure.
- Spiritualism--France--19th century--Drama.
- Spiritualism.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 97 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms, bucolic countryside retreats, urban bordellos, and painter's studios of late nineteenth-century French life, Max Ophuls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and storytelling bravura to this triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Featuring a stunning cast of French stars (including Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, and Simone Simon), Le plaisir pinpoints the cruel ironies and happy compromises of life with a charming and sophisticated breeziness
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1952
- OCLC:
- 897772581
- Publisher Number:
- 1113449 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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