Anne & Muriel ( Les Deux anglaises et le continent ) ( Two English Girls (Anne and Muriel) )

Anne & Muriel (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Les Deux anglaises et le continent
Alternate Title: Two English Girls (Anne and Muriel)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
François Truffaut

Written By:
Henri-Pierre Roché
François Truffaut

Actors:
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Claude Roc
Kika Markham ..... Ann Brown
Stacey Tendeter ..... Muriel Brown
Sylvia Marriott ..... Mrs. Brown
Marie Mansart ..... Madame Roc
Philippe Léotard ..... Diurka
Irène Tunc ..... Ruta
Mark Peterson ..... Mr. Flint
Georges Delerue ..... Claude's Business Agent
Marie Iracane ..... Madame Roc's maidservant
Marcel Berbert ..... Vendeur d'art
Jeanne Lobre ..... Porter
David Markham ..... Palmist

Synopsis:

At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman meets in Paris Ann Brown, a young Englishwoman. They become friends and Ann invites him to spend holidays at the house where she lives with her mother and her sister Muriel, for whom she intends Claude. During these holidays, Claude, Ann and Muriel become very close and he gradually falls in love with Muriel. But both families lay down a one-year-long separation without any contact before agreeing to the marriage. So Claude goes back to Paris when he has many love affairs before sending Muriel a break-off letter...

At the end of the Nineteenth Century, the English teenager Ann Brown travels from Wales to Paris. There she befriends Claude Roc and invites him to visit her hometown, where she lives with her mother and her younger sister Muriel. When Claude arrives at her home, both Ann and Muriel become his close friends - but Ann pushes Claude towards Muriel and they fall in love with each other. However their mothers propose they separate for a year and do not communicate to see if they have real feelings for one another. But after six months in Paris, Claude is seduced by many lovers and sends a letter to Muriel calling off their commitment. When Claude meets Ann in Paris later, they have a love affair; but Claude still has feelings for Muriel.

François Truffaut's second adaptation of a Henri-Pierre Roche novel (the other being 'Jules et Jim') is also about a menage-à-trois, although this time set in nineteenth century Wales. Claude (Jean-Pierre Léaud), an aspiring young French writer, spends a holiday on the Welsh coast with an English family and falls in love with the two daughters, Ann (Kika Markham) and Muriel (Stacey Tendeter).

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2015.

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