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A Little Romance - Wikipedia. A Little Romance is a 1. American Technicolor and Panavisionromantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Laurence Olivier, Thelonious Bernard, and Diane Lane in her film debut.
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The screenplay was written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on the novel E=mc. Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin. The original music score was composed by Georges Delerue. She spends her free time reading Heidegger. Daniel Michon (Thelonious Bernard) is a street- wise 1.
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French boy who lives in La Garenne with his father, a cabbie. He loves Hollywood films and amuses himself handicapping theoretical wagers on horse races. The two meet in the Ch. Lauren's self- absorbed mother (Sally Kellerman), who consorts openly with her movie director boyfriend George in front of Lauren and her stepfather (Arthur Hill), fiercely objects to the romance, calling Daniel a . When Daniel punches George at Lauren's birthday party for making a crude innuendo about Lauren, the two are forbidden to date.
Lauren and Daniel meet Julius Santorin (Laurence Olivier), a quirky but kindly gentleman, literally by accident. He bores Daniel but fascinates Lauren with stories of his life. Julius and Lauren share a mutual love of the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and he claims to have lived at one time in the Brownings' villa in Venice.
This leads Julius to tell of a tradition that if a couple kiss in a gondola beneath the Bridge of Sighs in Venice at sunset while the church bells toll, they will be in love forever. Told that her family will be returning to America soon, Lauren hatches a plan to travel to Venice with Daniel. With the help of Julius (they cannot cross the border without an adult) and 1. Verona after Julius gets into a conversation during the stop at the Italian border. In the meantime Lauren's family discovers she is missing and spark an international investigation, believing Lauren has been abducted. They hitch a ride with an American couple from Columbus, Ohio, the Duryeas (Andrew Duncan and Claudette Sutherland), who are touring Italy by car and also traveling to Venice. In Verona the travelers go out to dinner together, where Bob Duryea discovers that his wallet has been stolen.
Since their winnings from the horse race were left on the train in Julius's vest, presumably they have no money either, but Julius offers to pay the bill with cash, perplexing Lauren and irritating Daniel, who suspects he stole it. The following morning Lauren and Daniel leave the hotel early to visit places associated with Romeo and Juliet. At breakfast, the Ohio couple notices Lauren's picture in an Italian newspaper with the caption . Janet thinks it means .
Julius has also seen the paper and intercepts Lauren and Daniel on their way back to the hotel, angry that Lauren lied to him about going to Venice to visit her sick mother. He angrily tells them that everyone now thinks that he is a kidnapper, for which .
Julius soon falls behind and Lauren persuades Daniel to go back for him. They find his bike abandoned and him collapsed from exhaustion. Daniel worms his background out of Julius, who also confesses that he both picked Bob's pocket and stole the money for their train tickets, disappointing Lauren. Lauren then reveals that she will be moving back to the United States permanently in two weeks. She wanted to take a gondola to the Bridge of Sighs and kiss Daniel so as they could love each other forever. She berates Julius by dismissing all his stories as lies.
Julius admits the truth of it but insists that the legend is not a lie. Daniel says that he is still going to Venice, and Lauren and Julius join him. In Venice they spend the night in St.
Mark's Basilica, sleeping in the confessionals, until a chance meeting with the Duryeas sets them on the run again hours before sunset. Julius hides them in a movie theater and gives them his remaining cash, promising to return a half- hour before sunset. As soon as they are inside, however, Julius turns himself in to police searching for them. They fall asleep during the film and awake with just a few minutes remaining. Julius is nowhere to be seen, taken to a police station, but despite being slapped around by an inspector, refuses to reveal their whereabouts until the bells of the Campanile have rung. Not knowing where Julius is and with so little time, Lauren and Daniel run to find a gondola, most of which are booked by tourists eager to see the sunset from the canals. When an unoccupied gondola appears, its gondolier quotes a fare of 1.
Julius gave them. Because his father drives a cab, however, Daniel knows how to cajole the gondolier into accepting what they have. The gondolier takes them within sight of the bridge but refuses to go further just as sunset arrives. Daniel pushes him into the canal and as the Campanile begins chiming, pulls the gondola towards the bridge hand over hand using the pilings. With Lauren's help they set the gondola in motion and cuddle as the boat glides under the bridge.
While the bells are still pealing, Lauren and Daniel kiss and embrace. In the police station, Julius finally reveals where Lauren is and what she is doing. A few days later, Lauren is back with both her mother and stepfather, preparing to leave for home.
As she starts to enter the car, Lauren notices Daniel across the street, waiting to say goodbye to her. Her mother starts to object but her stepfather tells Lauren to go ahead. She and Daniel share a final kiss, pledging not to become .
Overcome with emotion, she runs back to her car. Daniel follows the retreating car down the street, watching Lauren wave through the rear window. A frustrated Parisian driver cuts in between them; Daniel jumps up so as he can see Lauren. The camera freezes on Daniel's face and zooms in, Lauren's last memory of Daniel until they can see each other again. Laurence Olivier as Julius Edmund Santorin. Diane Lane as Lauren King.
Thelonious Bernard as Daniel Michon. Arthur Hill as Richard King. Sally Kellerman as Kay King. Broderick Crawford as Himself. David Dukes as George de Marco. Andrew Duncan as Bob Duryea. Claudette Sutherland as Janet Duryea.
Graham Fletcher- Cook as Londet. Ashby Semple as Natalie Woodstein. Claude Brosset as Michel Michon.
Jacques Maury as Inspector Leclerc. Anna Massey as Ms Siegel. Peter Maloney as Martin. Dominique Lavanant as Mme. Cormier. Mike Marshall as 1st Assistant Director.
Michel Bardinet as French Ambassador. David Gabison as French Representative. Isabel Duby as Monique. Geoffrey Carey as Make- up Man. John Pepper as 2nd Assistant Director. Denise Glaser as Woman Critic. Jeanne Herviale as Woman in Metro Station.
Carlo Lastricati as Tour Guide. Judith Mullen as Richard's Secretary. Philippe Brigaud as Theater Manager. Lucienne Legrand as Theater Cashier.
Production. In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby described the film as . It's been a long time since I've seen a movie about boorish American tourists and felt sorry for the tourists. Hill's achievements here. I'm sure nothing mean- spirited was intended, but such is the film's effect.
This may be the main hazard when one sets out to make a film so relentlessly sweet- tempered that it winds up. And it gives us dialog and situations so relentlessly cute we want to squirm. In his review for DVD Movie Guide, David Williams called the film . The movie can hardly fail to please even the most jaded audiences.
It's smart, well written, acted and directed. If anything it will be remembered as Diane Lane's first movie and one of Laurence Olivier's last. The DVD is above average in all categories except audio but it is worth a look.
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