Manon 70 is a 1968 French (French-Italian-West German co-production) drama film directed by Jean Aurel and starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Claude Brialy and Sammy Frey. It was written by Aurel with Cécil Saint-Laurent. The story is loosely based on Manon Lescaut, an 18th-century French novel by Antoine François Prévost. The original music was composed by Serge Gainsbourg.

Manon 70
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean Aurel
Screenplay by	Jean Aurel Cécil Saint-Laurent
Based on	Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Jean-Claude Brialy Sami Frey Elsa Martinelli Robert Webber
Cinematography	Edmond Richard
Edited by	Anne-Marie Cotret
Music by	Serge Gainsbourg original Antonio Vivaldi non-original
Production companies	Les Films Corona Transinter Films (Paris) Roxy Films (Munich) Panda Films (Rome)
Distributed by	Valoria Films
Release date	21 February 1968 (1968-02-21) (France)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France Italy West Germany
Language	French
Box office	$3,253,380[1]

Synopsis

Manon (Catherine Deneuve) is an amoral, free spirit who uses sex to surround herself in relatively luxurious surroundings. Journalist François (Sami Frey) sees her at the airport and falls in love with her. Once they land in Paris, he makes his move and steals her from the man she's been traveling with. François and Manon fall in love but Manon's brother (Jean-Claude Brialy), wants to live off his sister and causes trouble. Manon tries seeing a wealthy man (Robert Webber) at the same time as Francois.

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve as Manon
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Jean-Paul
• Sami Frey as François Des Grieux
• Elsa Martinelli as Annie
• Robert Webber as Ravaggi
• Paul Hubschmid as Simon
• Claude Genia as Wife
• Jean Martin as Hotelman

Reception

Deneuve later said she wanted to work with Jean Aurel because she like his film In Love. Of Manon 70 she said "the story was great but the film just missed.... it's probably because the director was not at his best."[2]

References

External links

• Manon 70 at IMDb
• Manon 70 at Rotten Tomatoes

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