Love and Desire

1952 film

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
* Antonio 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

* 25 April 1952 (1952-04-25) (Paris)

Running time

| 80 minutes
Countries|

* France
* Spain

Language| French

Love and Desire (French: Le désir et l'amour) is a 1952 French-Spanish drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Luis María Delgado and starring Martine Carol, Antonio 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
* Antonio 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]

1. ^ Bentley p.413
2. ^ 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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The films of Henri Decoin

* The Oil Sharks (1933)
* Toboggan (1934)
* The Green Domino (1935)
* Mademoiselle ma mère (1936)
* Abused Confidence (1938)
* Return at Dawn (1938)
* Beating Heart (1940)
* Premier rendez-vous (1941)
* The Strangers in the House (1942)
* The Benefactor (1942)
* Love Marriage (1942)
* The Man from London (1943)
* I Am with You (1943)
* Devil's Daughter (1946)
* Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947)
* Clockface Café (1947)
* Not Guilty (1947)
* Monelle (1948)
* Between Eleven and Midnight (1949)
* At the Grand Balcony (1949)
* Three Telegrams (1950)
* Clara de Montargis (1951)
* La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952)
* Love and Desire (1952)
* Lovers of Toledo (1953)
* Dortoir des grandes (1953)
* Les Intrigantes (1954)
* The Bed (1954)
* One Step to Eternity (1954)
* The Affair of the Poisons (1955)
* Razzia sur la chnouf (1955)
* Folies-Bergère (1957)
* Burning Fuse (1957)
* Charming Boys (1957)
* Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)
* The Cat (1958)
* Too Late to Love (1959)
* Nathalie, Secret Agent (1959)
* The Cat Shows Her Claws (1960)
* The Pavements of Paris (1961)
* Le Masque de fer (1962)
* Where the Truth Lies (1962)
* Casablanca, Nest of Spies (1963)
* Nick Carter va tout casser (1964)
* Les Parias de la gloire (1964)

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