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A Little Romance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Roy Hill
Written byPatrick Cauvin (novel)
Allan Burns
George Roy Hill
Produced byRobert L. Crawford
Yves Rousset-Rouard
StarringLaurence Olivier
Diane Lane
Sally Kellerman
Arthur Hill
Thelonious Bernard
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Edited byWilliam H. Reynolds
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
April 27, 1979
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance/United States
LanguageFrench/English

A Little Romance is a 1979 romantic comedy film, starring Laurence Olivier and Diane Lane in her film debut. It was directed by George Roy Hill. The screenplay is written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on a novel (E=mc2 Mon Amour) by Patrick Cauvin (pseudonym of Claude Klotz). The original music score is composed by Georges Delerue.[1][2]


Plot summary

Lauren King (Diane Lane) is 13 years old, highly intelligent, and from an affluent family. She is an American girl living in Paris who spends her free time reading Heidegger. Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is 13 years old, highly intelligent, and from a poor family. He is a French boy who loves Hollywood films and who uses his talent with mathematics to make theoretical bets on horse races.

When the two meet and fall in love, Lauren's flirtatious mother (Sally Kellerman) fiercely objects, seeing him as a "filthy French boy" who is unsuitable for her daughter, and she tries to split the two up. Lauren and Daniel decide to run away to Venice in order to "kiss under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset while the bells toll", which they have been told will mean that they will be in love forever. They are aided in this plan by Julius (Laurence Olivier), a kindly elderly gentleman and pickpocket.

Awards and nominations

The film received two nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) and MUSIC (Original Score). It lost the first one to Kramer vs Kramer, but won the second: Georges Delerue, at the age of 55, won his only Oscar statuette in his fourth nomination, having been nominated previously for his work in Anne of the Thousand Days, The Day of the Dolphin and Julia. He later received a fifth nomination for his work in the 1985 film Agnes of God.

Main cast

Remakes

This film was remade in Tamil as Panneer Pushpangal in 1981 by P.Vasu and Santhana Barathy.

Trivia

The book upon which the film was based has a sequel, Pythagore, Je t'Adore, which picks up several years after the events of the first book, after Lauren has moved back to the U.S. and lost touch with Daniel.

References

  1. ^ DVD Talk
  2. ^ New York Times
  3. ^ Awards IMDb
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