Synopsis
Countess Charlotte and Baron Edouard, once madly in love, meet by chance twenty years after having last seen each other. They decide to marry and devote their time to their relationship and the development of their estate in Tuscany. The couple are joined by Otton (an architect and close friend of Edouard's) along with Charlotte's goddaughter, Ottilie. After a communal read ing of a treatise on "elective affinities" - the inexplicable law that separates paired elements and makes them change partners - the two couples experience the same results. After a passionate night between Edouard and Charlotte a child is born that mysteriously resembles Ottilie and Otton. The life and death of the child dramatically marks the parallel progression of the two love stories.
Credits
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-productions : Les Films du Camélia, France 3 Cinéma, Florida Movies
- Foreign production companies : Filmtre, Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, Gierre Film
- French distribution : AFMD
Full credits (13)
- Foreign producer : Grazia Volpi
- Author of original work : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Bats
- Screenwriters : Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
- Co-producer : Jean-Claude Cecile
- Director of Photography : Giuseppe Lanci
- Sound Assistant : Pierre-Yves Bruneel
- Press Attaché (film) : Simona Benzakein
- Editor : Roberto Perpignani
- Production Designer : Gianni Sbarra
- Music Composer : Carlo Crivelli
- Costume designer : Lina Nerli-Taviani
- Narrator : Giancarlo Giannini
Watch this movie
Watch Elective Affinities in VOD
| Platforms | Model | Price | Quality |
|---|
Sorry, your search returned no results.
| Platforms | Model | Price | Quality |
|---|
Sorry, your search returned no results.
| Platforms | Model | Price | Quality |
|---|
Sorry, your search returned no results.
| Platforms | Model | Price | Quality |
|---|
Sorry, your search returned no results.
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 50% French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1996
- French release : 11/06/1997
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 87.171
- Visa issue date : 27/06/1996
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Dolby SR
Box-office & releases
Box Office
This content is reserved for professional members
Are you a member? Please login to view content.
TV broadcasting
This content is reserved for professional members
Are you a member? Please login to view content.
International releases
| Country | Distributor | Buyer | Release date | Titre local |
|---|
Sorry, your search returned no results.
News & awards
Selections (2)
About
"... We wanted to tell love stories..." "... We tried to get closer to the mystery of elective affinities, in nature and between men..." "... We have always been fond of Gothe's work: he was the father of all romantic struggles..." (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani)
