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Sentimental Education (1962)

Sentimental Education poster
Original title
Éducation sentimentale
Directed by
Alexandre Astruc
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
U
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A student starts an affair with a married woman from the middle class. Her husband is unfaithful with a model. The story follows their romantic entanglement.

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What happens

Sentimental Education (French: L'Éducation sentimentale; released in the United Kingdom as Lessons in Love) is a 1962 drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc. The story focuses on a student who has an affair with a married middle-class woman whose husband cheats on her with a model. The film is loosely based on the 1869 novel of the same name by Gustave Flaubert. The screenplay was written by Roger Nimier with dialogue by Roland Laudenbach and Alain Astruc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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