Elective Affinities
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.
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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)
- Screenwriters : Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
- Director of Photography : Giuseppe Lanci
- Music Composer : Carlo Crivelli
- Editor : Roberto Perpignani
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Bats
- Costume designer : Lina Nerli-Taviani
- Foreign producer : Grazia Volpi
- Author of original work : Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Co-producer : Jean-Claude Cecile
- Sound Assistant : Pierre-Yves Bruneel
- Press Attaché (film) : Simona Benzakein
- Production Designer : Gianni Sbarra
- Narrator : Giancarlo Giannini
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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"... 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)
