Mélo Blu Ray Disc 1986 / Directed by Alain Resnais / Starring: Fanny Ardant, André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma

UPC 5027035020396

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: French mono

Subtitles: English

TOTAL RUNTIME: 110 MINUTES

English Summary:

Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are violinists and lifelong friends living in Paris in the 1920s. While Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not, both are happy with their lives. Pierre is happily married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper. However, Marcel meets and falls in love with her, which Pierre little suspects. Romaine carries on her affair with Marcel, even as Pierre falls ill, which she may have deliberately exacerbated with her treatment in order to murder him. Soon Marcel goes on a concert tour, and Romaine abandons Pierre for a romantic tryst. When Marcel returns, Romaine reconsiders the affair, and realizes that she loves both Pierre and Marcel. She decides that she does not want to hurt either her husband or her lover, and as no other solution seems possible, she commits suicide. Three years later, Pierre visits Marcel to seek the truth, and Marcel tells him that no illicit affair occurred, thereby honoring her memory.

French Summary:

Un célibataire et un couple confrontent leurs vies respectives: le premier n'a plus que les souvenirs, le second n'a plus que les compromis. Lui se voile la face quand son meilleur ami Marcel, se laisse séduire par sa femme. La tragédie couve sous ces faux-semblants… Dans chaque cas, l'échec est béant, les regrets chahutent le quotidien. Il suffit que l'héroïne cède à la tentation de rectifier son destin pour que l'apocalypse s'abatte sur les têtes du trio maudit.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Sabine Azéma as Romaine Belcroix
• Fanny Ardant as Christiane Levesque
• Pierre Arditi as Pierre Belcroix
• André Dussollier as Marcel Blanc
• Jacques Dacqmine as Dr. Remy
• Hubert Gignoux as Le Prêtre
• Catherine Arditi as Yvonne