Saturday, November 11, 2023

Les Amantes (1958)


We're in France. Dijon, not Paris. Dijon is where Jeanne Tournier lives with her husband, a newspaper publisher. Like Madame Bovary, she craves the centre, and spends every second weekend in Paris with her friend Maggy, a Kardashian type, and the Spanish polo player Maggy has set her up with. 

The scene above takes place after dinner at the Tourniers, back when the bourgeoisie sat in libraries sipping cognac and flipping through books. That's Jeanne whispering in Maggy's ear, and below them, Maggy's words from the previous conversation. Also in the picture: Jeanne's husband, the polo player and the fellow who picked up Jeanne after her car broke down, the one she eventually runs off with -- "Frightened, but with no regrets."


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