A Little Romance
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| A Little Romance | |
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 DVD cover for A Little Romance |
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| Directed by | George Roy Hill |
| Produced by | Robert L. Crawford Yves Rousset-Rouard |
| Written by | Claude Klotz Allan Burns George Roy Hill |
| Starring | Laurence Olivier Diane Lane Sally Kellerman Arthur Hill Thelonious Bernard |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Editing by | William H. Reynolds |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | April 27, 1979 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | France/United States |
| Language | French/English |
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A Little Romance is a 1979 romantic comedy film starring Laurence Olivier, directed by George Roy Hill. The screenplay is written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill. The original music score is composed by Georges Delerue.
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[edit] Plot summary
Lauren King (Diane Lane) is 13 years old, highly intelligent, and rich. She is an American girl living in Paris who spends her free time reading Heidegger. Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is 13 years old, highly intelligent, and poor. He is a French boy who loves Hollywood films and who uses his talent with mathematics to make imaginary bets on horse races.
When the two meet and fall in love, Lauren's flirtatious mother (Sally Kellerman) fiercely objects and tries to split the two up. Lauren and Daniel decide to run away to Venice, in order to "kiss under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset while the bells toll", which they have been told will mean that they will be in love forever. They are aided in this plan by Julius (Laurence Olivier), an elderly well-bred pickpocket.
[edit] Trivia
- The film is based on the French novel E=mc2, Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin. The book has a sequel, Pythagore, Je t'Adore, which picks up several years after the events of the first book.
- This was Diane Lane's major film debut.
[edit] Main cast
- Laurence Olivier - Julius
- Diane Lane - Lauren King
- Thelonious Bernard - Daniel Michon
- Arthur Hill - Richard King
- Sally Kellerman - Kay King
- Broderick Crawford - Himself
- David Dukes - George de Marco
[edit] External links
| Films Directed by George Roy Hill |
| Period of Adjustment | Toys in the Attic | The World of Henry Orient | Hawaii | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Slaughterhouse-Five | The Sting | The Great Waldo Pepper | Slap Shot | A Little Romance | The World According to Garp | The Little Drummer Girl | Funny Farm |
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