La Tendre Ennemie (The Tender Enemy) 1936 Ages 12+
When
11.00am, Sun 14 Nov 2021 (69 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
The Tender Enemy will screen from an archival 16mm print.
Celebrated German-French filmmaker Max Ophüls delivers a delightfully captivating supernatural romantic-comedy with The Tender Enemy. At the wedding of a young woman, two ghosts arrive to watch over the proceedings. One is the dead husband of the bride's mother and the other: her deceased lion tamer lover. When a third ghost arrives to announce himself as her first and only true love, they realise that they must intervene in the wedding to make sure the bride ends up with the man closest to her heart. Lyrically crafted and styled with the spellbinding sense of visual movement that made Ophüls so renowned, The Tender Enemy is an entrancing and effervescent charmer.
Ages 12+
Production Credits
- Director: Max Ophüls
- Script: Max Ophüls, Curt Alexander
- Based on: the Novel by André-Paul Antoine
- Cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan
- Editor: Pierre de Hérain
- Production Company: Eden Productions
- Print Source / Rights: Canberra
- Screening Format: 16mm, 35mm
- Year: 1936
- Runtime: 69 minutes
- Country: France
- Languages: French, (with English subtitles)
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: bw