Benjamin, ou les mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
(Benjamin, or The Diary of an Innocent Young Man, The Diary of an Innocent Boy)
Country: FR
Technical: col 104m
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Michèle Morgan, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Anna Gaël
Synopsis:
A youth whose only instruction in the ways of the world has come from his tutor (précepteur) goes to live with his aunt the Comtesse de Valandry and her lover, another nobleman. The latter schools him in the art of seduction, which he practises on the maids of the Château before progressing to meatier game.
Review:
A light, sophisticated affair, full of witty observation on the duplicities of Marivaudage and possessing a gentle eroticism entirely in keeping with its roots in the 18th century novel. Amusing entertainment which, typically of this director, occupies the mind if not the heart.
(Benjamin, or The Diary of an Innocent Young Man, The Diary of an Innocent Boy)
Country: FR
Technical: col 104m
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Michèle Morgan, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Anna Gaël
Synopsis:
A youth whose only instruction in the ways of the world has come from his tutor (précepteur) goes to live with his aunt the Comtesse de Valandry and her lover, another nobleman. The latter schools him in the art of seduction, which he practises on the maids of the Château before progressing to meatier game.
Review:
A light, sophisticated affair, full of witty observation on the duplicities of Marivaudage and possessing a gentle eroticism entirely in keeping with its roots in the 18th century novel. Amusing entertainment which, typically of this director, occupies the mind if not the heart.
(Benjamin, or The Diary of an Innocent Young Man, The Diary of an Innocent Boy)
Country: FR
Technical: col 104m
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Michèle Morgan, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Anna Gaël
Synopsis:
A youth whose only instruction in the ways of the world has come from his tutor (précepteur) goes to live with his aunt the Comtesse de Valandry and her lover, another nobleman. The latter schools him in the art of seduction, which he practises on the maids of the Château before progressing to meatier game.
Review:
A light, sophisticated affair, full of witty observation on the duplicities of Marivaudage and possessing a gentle eroticism entirely in keeping with its roots in the 18th century novel. Amusing entertainment which, typically of this director, occupies the mind if not the heart.