A Very Private Affair (French: Vie privée, lit. 'Private Life') is a 1962 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot.[2]
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French | Vie privée |
Directed by | Louis Malle |
Written by | Louis Malle Jean Ferry Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
Produced by | Christine Gouze-Renal |
Starring | Brigitte Bardot Marcello Mastroianni Nicolas Bataille Eléonore Hirt |
Cinematography | Henri Dacae |
Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
Distributed by | Pathe Films |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | 1,879,668 admissions (France)[1] |
Eighteen-year-old Jill enjoys a comfortable upper-class existence with her widowed mother in Switzerland and develops a crush on Fabio, a friend's husband. She heads off to Paris to become a model and dancer. Soon, Jill is discovered by a film producer and made into a huge movie star. The pressures and annoyances of fame take their toll on her and she returns to Switzerland to recuperate. Jill has an affair with the now divorced Fabio. The press continues to hound her, leading to more complications in her private life.
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