A husband in love and a wife satisfied by this love; yet they won't be happy, at least in the conventional sense of the word. For the husband is so in love he becomes a little paranoid and the wife, a slightly neurotic Hitchcock heroine, is so charmed that this shocks her. Therefore, in a distinctly matrimonial manner, they embark upon a dual process of destruction that can be nothing but mercilessly comical.
Synopsis
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (4)
Executive Producer :
Foreign production companies :
Post Scriptum 2, Amidon Peterson, Grupo de Estudos e Realizacoes (G.E.R.)
About
"The thing I liked, in addition to the screenplay and its style, was the variation suggested by Valéria Sarmiento in the title. By adding an ironic "le" and transforming Bunuel's macho "El" into a glorious, female "El-Le", she aimed to analyse the neurosis resulting from this role reversal and fresh confrontation. A man depossessed, not only of the title role, but also, as a result, of his attributes. The analysis of this jealousy suddenly becomes derisory and pathetic or even infantile, since it concerns a man who has lost his title and who continues to dread the loss of his wife, the very object of a status that no longer exists."
(Didier Flamand - Actor)
Full credits (12)
Executive Producer :
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Editor :
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Author of original work :
Co-producers :
Chantal Perrin, Pierre-Alain Meier, Joaquim Pinto
Sound recordists :
Ludmila Machalnichk, Alain Garnier
Press Attaché (film) :
Production Designers :
Thierry Flamand, Gueorgui Todorov
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
Psychological dramaProduction language :
FrenchCoproducer countries :
Bulgaria, Switzerland, Portugal, FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Majority French (Bulgaria, Switzerland, Portugal, France)Production year :
1995French release :
12/06/1996Runtime :
1 h 26 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
84.701Visa issue date :
10/05/1995Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
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