The Lions Are Loose (1961)
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Henri Verneuil directs a star-studded cast in this slight satire about love and life in the big city. Claudia Cardenale, in her first French film, appears as Albertine, a sexy divorced woman from the countryside who goes to Paris and becomes involved with the fashionable elite. Lino Ventura is Andre, a doctor to the rich and famous who falls in love with Albertine. She becomes his mistress and though he wants to marry her, he has a rival in Didier (Jean-Claude Brialy), a writer.
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big-city, doctor, love, love-triangle, mistress
