1957
Approved
Allied Artists Pictures
2 h 10 m

1957
Approved
Allied Artists Pictures
2 h 10 m

Summary She plays the cello. He plays the field. She's coltishly young. He's worldly and mature. Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane (Audrey Hepburn) knows she's not like millionaire American playboy Frank Flanagan (Gary Cooper). But if she pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as he is, maybe the magic of l'amour will take hold.

Directed By: Billy Wilder

Written By: I.A.L. Diamond, Claude Anet, Billy Wilder

1957
Approved
Allied Artists Pictures
2 h 10 m

1957
Approved
Allied Artists Pictures
2 h 10 m

Love in the Afternoon

Name: Love in the Afternoon
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Released: 1957-06-30
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Rating: 73
Cast: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver, Van Doude

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Billy Wilder

Written By: I.A.L. Diamond, Claude Anet, Billy Wilder

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

78% Positive
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The New York Times

This grandly sophisticated romance, which Mr. Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond have penned with a courteous nod to a novel by a Frenchman named Claude Anet, is in the great Lubitsch tradition, right down to the froth on the champagne, with a couple of fine additional "touches" that Mr. Wilder may wholly claim.

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The New Yorker

The visual gags that Wilder deploys are as stingingly cynical as ever, but here they have a newfound way with time, which they inhabit with an exquisitely controlled leisure. It’s the first of Wilder’s later and greatest films.

By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW

Variety

Under Billy Wilder's alternately sensitive, mirthful and loving-care direction, and with Maurice Chevalier turning in a captivating performance as a private detective specializing in cases of amour, the production holds enchantment and delight in substantial quantity.

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TV Guide Magazine

LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON had many faults and yet, as the song goes, "with all it's faults, we love it still."

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Los Angeles Times

Coop is too long in the tooth as the rich rogue, but Hepburn and the Parisian locales make this worth watching. [13 Feb 1997, p.F43]

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Time Out

The script - Wilder's first with IAL Diamond - has its moments, but by and large it's conspicuously lacking in insight or originality, while Hepburn's fresh-faced infatuation for her all too visibly ageing guide to the adult, sensual world comes across as faintly implausible.

By Geoff Andrew FULL REVIEW

The New Yorker

It's all meant to be airy and bubbly, but it's obvious, overextended (2 hours plus), and overproduced.

By Pauline Kael FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Billy Wilder Productions

Release Date Jun 30, 1957

Duration 2 h 10 m

Rating Approved

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Tagline An oh-so-very shy young girl (but she lists 20 men in her past!)

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Awards

Golden Globes, USA

• 3 Nominations

Laurel Awards

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Writers Guild of America, USA

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Love in the Afternoon

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Gary Cooper

Frank Flannagan

Audrey Hepburn

Ariane Chavasse, Thin Girl

Maurice Chevalier

Claude Chavasse

John McGiver

Monsieur X

Van Doude

Michel

Lise Bourdin

Madame X

Olga Valéry

Hotel Guest with Dog

The Gypsies

Themselves

Elga Andersen

Bit Part

Claude Ariel

Existentialist

Jack Ary

Man in Love on Right Bank

Marc Aurian

Couple Drenched by Water Wagon

Vera Boccadoro

Couple Drenched by Water Wagon

Paul Bonifas

Police Chief

Charles Bouillaud

Ritz Employee

Françoise Brion

Minor Role

Marcelle Broc

Rich Woman

Jeanne Charblay

Client at Baker's

Odette Charblay

Client at Baker's

Olivia Chevalier

Child in Park

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