Le affinità elettive (1996)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Writers:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (novel)
Paolo Taviani (writer)
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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 Mitte Ende August (2009)

A Tragic Tale of Infidelity, In a Very Odd Romance

In the Eighteenth Century, in Italy, the Countess Carlotta (Isabelle Huppert) meets occasionally the Baron Eduardo (Jean-Hughes Anglad). They has a crush for each other in the past, when they were young, and they decide to get married very soon. One year after, Eduardo decides to invite his friend, the architect Ottone (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) to stay with them and help them to improve their property. Then, Carlotta decides to invite her goddaughter Ottilia (Marie Gillain) to stay also with them to make company to Ottone. Carlotta feels attracted by Ottone, and Eduardo falls in love with Ottilia. These attractions lead the four central characters to an affair with tragic consequences. This romance is very strange. It is about infidelity, in a very different world in Italy in the 18th Century . Although those things of love are very unpredictable, it sounds very strange that a couple like Eduardo and Carlotta, newlywed and in love for each other, have this type of affair proposed in the film. I myself have not bought the story. The direction and performances are impeccable, but the story has not convinced me. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): `As Afinidades Eletivas' (`The Elective Affinities')