La Chamade
La Chamade (also titled Heartbeat in English) is a 1968 romantic drama film directed by Alain Cavalier from a screenplay he co-wrote with Françoise Sagan, based on Sagan's 1965 novel of the same name. It stars Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli.
Plot
Twenty-five-year-old Lucile is the beautiful mistress to Charles, a wealthy, kind-hearted businessman who provides for all her material needs, but for whom she has no true love. When she meets a charming young man her own age, Antoine, she falls in love. He finds her a menial job in a publishing firm, but she can not or will not hold it down. Soon she becomes pregnant with his child. But Charles helps her through her crisis by funding her abortion – against the wishes of Antoine, who nevertheless accepts, even though he planned on moving out of his bachelor flat, the three of them into a soulless concrete block, money being short. In the aftermath, her feelings for the younger Antoine fade. Eventually, she returns to the good-hearted businessman who has patiently waited for her.
More details
author | Françoise Sagan |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | Alain Cavalier |
editor | Pierre Gillette |
genre | drama saga |
keywords | bachelor flat bachelor pad move out publish true love young man |
musicBy | Maurice Le Roux |
producer | Maria Rosaria |
productionCompany | Les Films Ariane Les Productions Artistes Associés PEA |
publisher | Les Artistes Associés PEA |
recordedAt | Paris Saint-Tropez |
theme | romantic drama |