Manon 70 (1968)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jean Aurel

Writers:

Jean Aurel (writer)
Abbé Prévost (novel)
(more)

Release Date:

21 February 1968 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Catherine Deneuve	...	Manon
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Jean-Paul
Sami Frey	...	Des Grieux
Elsa Martinelli	...	Annie
Robert Webber	...	Ravaggi
Paul Hubschmid	...	Simon
Claude Génia	...	Wife
Jean Martin	...	Hotelman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Avram
Manuela von Oppen	...	Margaret

Directed by
Jean Aurel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean Aurel		writer
Abbé Prévost		novel "L'Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" (as Abbé Antoine-François Prévost)
Cécil Saint-Laurent		writer

Produced by
Robert Dorfmann	....	producer
Yvon Guézel	....	producer
Luggi Waldleitner	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Serge Gainsbourg

Cinematography by
Edmond Richard

Film Editing by
Anne-Marie Cotret

Camera and Electrical Department
Georges Pierre	....	still photographer

Production Companies

• Corona Cinematografica
• Panda Film
• Roxy Film
• Transinter Films

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Valoria Films

Also Known As:

Hemmungslose Manon (West Germany)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Company:

Corona Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Version of Manon Lescaut (1980) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Manon

Very enjoyable

This is a very enjoyable film, and as another poster has said, it has a perfectly cast Catherine Deneuve in the role of Manon. The music becomes a focus of the film, with the sound and lack thereof almost a motif. The film sees Sami Frey's character, Francois, chasing and trying to keep Deneuve's Manon to himself, however she and her brother have been 'trapping' rich men, rather than working for themselves. This film sees Manon have to battle between her love of money and her first 'true love'. Though it is never sentimental drivel. It treats the subject fairly and is interesting throughout. Deneuve would have been about 25 at the time of making this film, and looks fresh and lively in it. Frey, likewise, though it is a Deneuve film. This film has finally become available in the Deneuve box set. It is fun, enjoyable, and never sentimental, has interesting music, and I would recommend it.