Le affinità elettive (1996)

Directors:

Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writers:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (novel)
Paolo Taviani (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

14 November 1996 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Early in the 19th century, Edward and Carlotta, in love 20 years ago, find each other and marry. After a year's bliss at his Tuscan villa...

Plot Keywords:

Pregnancy | Upperclass | Female Nudity | Sex | Country Estate

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Carlotta
Fabrizio Bentivoglio	...	Ottone
Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Edoardo
Marie Gillain	...	Ottilia
Massimo Popolizio	...	Marchese
Laura Marinoni	...	Marchesa
Consuelo Ciatti	...	Governante
Stefania Fuggetta	...	Agostina
Gavino Bondioli	...	Guardiacaccia
Massimo Grigo	...	Cameriere
Adelaide Foti	...	Albergatrice
Giancarlo Carboni	...	Medico
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Narrator (voice)

Directed by
Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe		novel "Die Wahlverwandtschaften"
Paolo Taviani		writer
Vittorio Taviani		writer

Produced by
Claudio Amram	....	associate producer
Anna Rita Appolloni	....	associate producer
Jean-Claude Cecile	....	producer
Grazia Volpi	....	producer

Original Music by
Carlo Crivelli

Cinematography by
Giuseppe Lanci

Film Editing by
Roberto Perpignani

Production Design by
Gianni Sbarra

Set Decoration by
Lorenzo D'Ambrosio

Costume Design by
Lina Nerli Taviani

Makeup Department
Gianfranco Mecacci	....	makeup artist
Mauro Tamagnini	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Claudio Grassetti	....	production organizer
Massimo Iacobis	....	production manager (as Massimo Jacobis)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karine De Checchi	....	assistant director
Mimmola Girosi	....	assistant director
Livia Puccinelli	....	assistant director
Francesco Vedovati	....	assistant director

Art Department
Fabio D'Achille	....	construction coordinator
Fabio D'Achille	....	construction
Luciano D'Achille	....	construction coordinator
Adriano Tiberi	....	property master
Giovanni Lipari	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bernard Bats	....	sound
Filippo Bussi	....	digital sound editor
Fernando Caso	....	sound effects editor
Alvaro Gramigna	....	sound effects editor
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Marco Streccioni	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Massimo Barbona	....	grip
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Adriano Cardinale	....	Steadicam operator
Andrea Collepiccolo	....	assistant camera
Roberto Di Pietro	....	grip
Umberto Montiroli	....	still photographer
Marco Vitali	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Valentina Taviani	....	assistant costume designer
Alexandra Toesca	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Vincenzo Di Santo	....	assistant editor
Rita Triunveri	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Filippo Bussi	....	digital music editor

Other crew
Denver Beattie	....	production assistant
Francesca Romana Deodato	....	production coordinator
Giovanni Iacobis	....	production secretary
Amelia Marconcini	....	press attache

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Filmtre
• Florida Movies
• France 3 Cinéma
• Gierre
• Radiotelevisione Italiana

Distributors

• Sociedad Kino Visión (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• AmaFilms (199?) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Artistas Argentinos Asociados (AAA) (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Arthaus Filmverleih (1997) (Germany) (VHS)
• Divisa Home Video (2005-2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Fox Lorber (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Homescreen (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cine Audio Effects  sound effects and foley design
• Tweedle Music  post-production equipment

Also Known As:

Les affinités électives (France)
The Elective Affinities

Runtime:

98 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Peru:14

Company:

Canal+

Movie Connections:

Version of Les affinités électives (1982) (TV)

Strange 'affinity' with a superior film

What were the Taviani's doing in the Summer of 1996? Dozing off with a glass of Chianti Classico and a copy of Lucio Gaudino's "Adelaide" on a portable Video Recorder to 'inspire' them on the shoot of this drab, lifeless,un-inspired period piece? "Adelaide" was shot 5 years earlier, on a shoestring (with breadcrumbs from the Italian State Film Funds) and was directed by a Mr. Nobody. It too was inspired by a period Novel, not Goethe, but a 'minor' French Novelist, I believe. Goethe wouldn't 'turn in his grave' over the Taviani's treatment to his masterpiece... Yes he WOULD turn over and go to sleep, maybe muttering a German phrase of disgust. Darlings of the institutions, it appears the Taviani's will continue to find funds for such lame efforts in the coffers of Italy's political parties. The film is a 'rip off'. It's French protagonist,( usually riveting), is strangely absent, a very pale copy of Assumpta Serna, "Adelaide"'s mesmerizing ageing beauty with a caustic brilliance. Gaudino's small jewel of a film is beautifully shot, well acted, and respects the 'feel' of the epoch. Anyone attracted to such material, (and deluded by the Taviani mess) should take the time, and trouble to track down 'the real Mc Coy! Buona Visione!