The Boat on the Grass

The Boat on the Grass (French: Le Bateau sur l'herbe) is a 1971 French film directed by Gérard Brach. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

The Boat on the Grass
Directed byGérard Brach
Produced byJean-Pierre Rassam
Written byGérard Brach
Roman Polanski
Suzanne Schiffman
StarringClaude Jade
Jean-Pierre Cassel
John McEnery
Valentina Cortese
Music byFrançois Rabbath
CinematographyÉtienne Becker
Edited byClaude Barrois
Distributed byValoria Films
Release date
April 16, 1971
Running time
90 mins
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast

Plot summary

In this gentle, tragic drama, Olivier (John McEnery) is a wealthy young man. He spends his time building a boat on the lawn with his friend David (Jean-Pierre Cassel), a poor fisherman whom he grew up with. Though hardly idyllic, the relative calm provided by their friendship is disrupted by Eleonore (Claude Jade), a cute and determined young woman who sets her sights on David. She wants to wean David from his friendship with Olivier and plays on David's long-dormant jealousy of Olivier's wealth and easy life. Eleonore also plays the flipside of the jealousy issue, claiming that Olivier has made passes at her.

Vincent Canby: "Adorable Acting, especially by Claude Jade, who brings the right mixture of conventionalism and self-interest into her role."

The film was nominated for the Grand Prix and the Prix du Jury

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: The Boat on the Grass". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-12.


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