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L'eau a la Bouche (1960) Bernadette Lafont, Francoise Brion
L'eau a la Bouche (1960) Bernadette Lafont, Francoise Brion


 
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In French with English subtitles. Also known as A Game for Six Lovers and Mouth-Watering.
Widescreen. In the East-Pyrenees, Milena (Françoise Brion) lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death. Before he can do so, Miguel must round up two other grandchildren, Séraphine and Jean-Paul, who were brought up outside Milena's family. The solicitor makes the mistake of inviting Séraphine's lover Robert instead of her brother. As soon as she sees Robert, Milena switches her interests from Miguel to him, an exchange which appears to satisfy both men. Amidst all this to-ing and fro-ing, the butler César begins to take a more than professional interest in Prudence (Bernadette Lafont), the maid he has just hired...

L'eau à la Bouche probably ranks as director Doniol-Valcroze's most inspired film, a mischievous comedy of manners which mocks the sexual mores of its time with an acerbic wit that is typical of its author. With its elegant tracking shots across the empty spaces of an opulently furnished country château and unsettling zooms, which always seem to hint at something nasty beneath the polished surface of respectability, the film possesses a haunting dreamlike quality that resonates with Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad (1961).

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