Le propre de l'homme

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Le propre de l'homme
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Written byClaude Lelouch
Produced by Pierre Braunberger
Starring
  • Janine Magnan
  • Claude Lelouch
Cinematography Jean Boffety
Edited byMonique Bonnot
Music by
  • Ian Bennets
  • Pete Watson
  • Alex Campbell
Distributed byMondex Films
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Le Propre de l'homme is a 1960 film directed by Claude Lelouch.

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Synopsis

Claude and Janine get to know each other through friends. They spend a day in Paris and they become a couple.

An exploration of the formation of a couple from both points of view.

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This was the first full-length film by Claude Lelouch, and was a complete commercial disaster. All copies were later destroyed by Lelouch himself.


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