The Boat on the Grass

1971 French film
  • Gérard Brach
  • Roman Polanski
  • Suzanne Schiffman
Produced byJean-Pierre RassamStarring
  • Claude Jade
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel
  • John McEnery
  • Valentina Cortese
CinematographyÉtienne BeckerEdited byClaude BarroisMusic byFrançois RabbathDistributed byValoria Films
Release date
  • 16 April 1971 (1971-04-16)
Running time
90 minsCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Boat on the Grass (French: Le Bateau sur l'herbe) is a 1971 French drama film directed by Gérard Brach. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Claude Jade - Eleonore
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel - David
  • John McEnery - Oliver
  • Valentina Cortese - Christine
  • Paul Préboist - Leon
  • Micha Bayard - Germaine
  • Pierre Asso - Alexis
  • Jean de Coninck - Jean-Claude

Plot summary

In this gentle, tragic drama, Olivier (John McEnery) is a wealthy young man. He spends his time building a boat on the lawn with his friend David (Jean-Pierre Cassel), a poor fisherman whom he grew up with. Though hardly idyllic, the relative calm provided by their friendship is disrupted by Eleonore (Claude Jade), a cute and determined young woman who sets her sights on David. She wants to wean David from his friendship with Olivier and plays on David's long-dormant jealousy of Olivier's wealth and easy life. Eleonore also plays the flipside of the jealousy issue, claiming that Olivier has made passes at her.

Vincent Canby: "Adorable acting, especially by Claude Jade, who brings the right mixture of conventionalism and self-interest into her role."

The film was nominated for the Grand Prix and the Prix du Jury [1]

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Boat on the Grass". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

External links

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