Adolphe or the Awkward Age
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1968
French release03/07/1968
Runtime
1h 35m
Synopsis
Henri (Jean-Claude Dauphin) is a young filmmmaker who convinces a nobleman to let him use his sprawling chateau to film a movie. The governess to the nobleman's children is a Polish woman in her 30s. Henri successfully talks her into a role in the film, and the two are soon engaged in a passionate romantic affair. He joins the army, but the lovestruck governess follows him wherever he goes. When he tries to end the affair, she attempts suicide. The unfortunate woman continues to follow Henri, who may never escape from her amorous obsession for him.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Prisma Films
- Foreign production companies : Tele-Film Gmbh, Film Polski
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Rank
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Guy Pérol
- Adaptation : Jean Moal, Bernard Toublanc-Michel
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Moal
- Director of Photography : Jean Charvein
- Music Composer : Jean-Michel Damase
- Editor : Jacqueline Thiedot
- Sound Recordist : Raymond Saint-Martin
- Author of original work : Benjamin Constant
- Production Manager : Guy Pérol
- Production Designer : Bernard Evein
- Still Photographers : Victor Rodrigue, Pierre Zucca
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Poland
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1968
- French release : 03/07/1968
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 33841
- Visa issue date : 01/07/1968
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
