The Grand Maneuver (1955)
- Original title
- Les Grandes Manœuvres
- Directed by
- René Clair
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, romance film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A playboy army officer makes a bet to seduce a divorced shopkeeper in a French town before World War I. The romantic game soon becomes serious and complicated for both of them.
romanticmelancholicnostalgicelegantbittersweetleisurelypoignantwhimsical
What happens
The Grand Maneuver (French: Les Grandes Manœuvres) is a 1955 French comedy-drama romance film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Summer Manoeuvres, and in the United States under the title The Grand Maneuver. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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