Love and Desire

Love and Desire
Love and Desire
Directed by	Henri Decoin; Luis María Delgado;
Written by	Henri Decoin; José Santugini;
Based on	Le désir et l'amour by Auguste Bailly
Produced by	Charles Delac; Vicente Sempere; Edmond Ténoudji;
Starring	Martine Carol; António Vilar; Carmen Sevilla;
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	Annick Millet; Félix Suárez Inclán;
Music by	Jesús García Leoz; René Sylviano;
Production; companies	Lais S.A.; Société Générale de Cinématographie;
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	9 October 1951
Running time	80 minutes
Countries	France; Spain;
Language	French

Love and Desire (French: Le désir et l'amour) is a 1951 French-Spanish drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Luis María Delgado and starring Martine Carol, António Vilar and Carmen Sevilla.^[1] It was based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Auguste Bailly.^[2]

It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location in Madrid, Torremolinos and Malaga. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Julio Molina and René Renoux.

Synopsis[edit]

A French film crew are working on location in southern Spain. When the leading man refuses to swim across a river, his place is taken by a local man who is soon hired as a stuntman for the whole film. Much to the anger of his Spanish fiancée, he falls in love with the film's female star.

Cast[edit]

Martine Carol as Martine - la star
António Vilar as Antonio - le pêcheur
Carmen Sevilla as Lola - sa finacée
Albert Préjean as Titi - le régisseur général français
Françoise Arnoul as Françoise - la script-girl
Gérard Landry as Gérard - le jeune premier
Parisys as Adèle - l'habilleuse
Rafael Cortés as Le 2nd pêcheur
Joaquín Roa as Miguel - le régisseur espagnol
Ena Sedeño as L'amie de Lola
José María Rodríguez as Le 1er pêcheur
Tony Hernández as Manolo
Matilde López Roldán as L'autre amie de Lola

References[edit]

^ Bentley p.413
^ Goble p.735

Bibliography[edit]

Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[edit]

Love and Desire at IMDb

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[1] Bentley p.413

[2] Goble p.735

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