''Love and Desire'' (French: ''Le désir et l'amour'') is a 1951 French-Spanish

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directed by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

and

Luis María Delgado Luis María Delgado (1926–2007) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.Labanyi & Pavlović p.216 He was the son of the director Fernando Delgado. Selected filmography * ''Love and Desire'' (1952) * ''That Man from Tangier'' (1953) * ''Man ...

and starring

Martine Carol Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and ...

, António Vilar and

Carmen Sevilla María del Carmen García Galisteo (16 October 1930 – 27 June 2023), known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid star ...

. It was based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Auguste Bailly.Goble p.735 It was shot at the

Epinay Studios The Epinay Studios are film production studios located in Epinay in northern Paris. It was a complex with two distinct and separate structures. The earliest was built in 1902 by Eclair Film. A second studio was controlled by the French subsidiar ...

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and on location in

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and Malaga. The film's sets were designed by the

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Julio Molina Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

and

René Renoux René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162 Selected filmography * ''The Pure Truth'' (1931) * ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' (1933) * ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''The Lady of the Camellias (193 ...

Synopsis

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

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for the whole film. Much to the anger of his Spanish fiancée, he falls in love with the film's female star.

Cast

as Martine - la star * António Vilar as Antonio - le pêcheur *

as Lola - sa fiancée *

Albert Préjean Albert Préjean (; 27 October 1894 – 1 November 1979) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour. With Lysiane Rey, he was the father of Patr ...

as Titi - le régisseur général français *

Françoise Arnoul Françoise Arnoul (born Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch; 3 June 1931 – 20 July 2021) was a French actress who achieved popularity during the 1950s. Early life Born in Constantine, French Algeria, the daughter of stage actres ...

as Françoise - la script-girl *

Gérard Landry Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentine actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ye ...

as Gérard - le jeune premier * Parisys as Adèle - l'habilleuse *

Rafael Cortés Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...

as Le 2nd pêcheur *

Joaquín Roa Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), ...

as Miguel - le régisseur espagnol *

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as L'amie de Lola * José María Rodríguez as Le 1er pêcheur *

Tony Hernández Juan Antonio Hernández Alvarado, known as Tony Hernández (born June 13, 1978), is a Honduras, Honduran convicted drug trafficker, lawyer, politician, member of the National Party of Honduras and former deputy in the National Congress of Hon ...

as Manolo * Matilde López Roldán as L'autre amie de Lola

References

Bibliography

* 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

* 1951 films Spanish drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Henri Decoin Films directed by Luis María Delgado 1951 drama films French drama films Films set in Spain Films shot in Spain Films shot at Epinay Studios Films about filmmaking Films based on French novels 1950s French films Films scored by René Sylviano {{1950s-France-film-stub