Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
(Billy Wilder, US 1957, 130 min., 35mm)
Youth in Love. Audrey Hepburn is Ariane, the daughter of a Parisian detective (cheeky Maurice Chevalier). Eavesdropping on her father’s client who threatens to kill the man with whom his wife is having an affair, Ariane decides to warn the potential victim, an irredeemable ladies’ man (mature Gary Cooper). A romance ensues, but only in the afternoon. Three years after the success of Sabrina, Billy Wilder meets again with Hepburn, by then at the top of her stardom. He co-signs this delightful romantic comedy with screenwriter I. A. L. Diamonds, their first and already fruitful collaboration, before writing future masterpieces together such as Some Like it Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), and Irma la Douce (1963).
Also showing: Saturday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.