A Very Private Affair

A Very Private Affair
(Vie Privée)

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Louis Malle
Produced by Christine Gouze-Renal
Written by Louis Malle
Jean Ferry
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Starring Brigitte Bardot
Marcello Mastroianni
Nicolas Bataille
Elenore Hirt
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Cinematography Henri Dacae
Distributed by Pathe Films
Release dates
 1962
Running time
 103 minutes
Language French
Box office 1,879,668 admissions (France)[1]

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

Synopsis

Brigitte Bardot, the sexy French actress/bombshell of the 1960s, stars in this semi-biographical film of her life. 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.

Tagline

"A new triumph for today's most talked about star!"

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". NY Times.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  3. ↑ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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