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3/5 AlloCine Initial release 21 February 1968 (France) Box office 3.253 million USD | 5.9/10 IMDb 88% Rotten Tomatoes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Jean AurelCécil Saint-Laurent Based on Manon Lescautby Abbé Prevost Starring Catherine DeneuveJean-Claude BrialySami FreyElsa MartinelliRobert Webber Screenplay Jean Aurel, Jacques Laurent Cast Similar Catherine Deneuve movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manon 70 is a 1968 French (French-Italian-German co-production) film starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Claude Brialy and Sammy Frey. The screenplay was written by Jean Aurel with Cécil Saint-Laurent and directed by Jean Aurel.
Contents
The film is loosely based on Manon Lescaut, an 18th-century French novel by Antoine François Prévost.
The original music of the movie is by Serge Gainsbourg.
Plot
Manon (Catherine Deneuve) is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious surroundings.
Journalist Francois (Sami Frey) sees her at the airport and falls in love with her. Once they land in Paris, he makes his move and steals her from the man she's been traveling with.
Francois and Manon fall in love but Manon's brother (Jean-Claude Brialy), wants to live off his sister and causes trouble. Manon tries seeing a wealthy man (Robert Webber) at the same time as Francois.
Cast
Reception
Deneuve later said she wanted to work with Jean Aurel because she like his film In Love. Of Manon 70 she said "the story was great but the film just missed.... it's probably because the director was not at his best."