L'Étudiante (film)

L'Étudiante
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claude Pinoteau
Produced by	Alain Poiré
Screenplay by	Claude Pinoteau Danièle Thompson
Starring	Sophie Marceau Vincent Lindon Élisabeth Vitali
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Cinematography	Yves Rodallec
Editing by	Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Studio	Gaumont Film Company
Distributed by	Gaumont Film Company
Release dates	October 5, 1988 (1988-10-05) (France)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

L'Étudiante (English: The Student) is a 1988 French romantic comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Sophie Marceau, Vincent Lindon and Élisabeth Vitali.^[1] Written by Claude Pinoteau and Danièle Thompson, the film is about an ambitious teaching student, busy preparing for her final exams, whose studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician. The film was released to French theaters on October 10th, 1988 and sold 1,583,067 admissions in France.^[2]

Plot

Twenty-one year old Valentine (Sophie Marceau) is a part-time teacher preparing for her all-important final teacher examinations. She meets Edouard (Vincent Lindon), a jazz musician who aspires to be a composer. Despite the fact that the two have different schedules and career agendas, they engage in a passionate affair. Valentine compares her relationship with Edouard to the dry dissertation of Molière's The Misanthrope during her oral exams at the Sorbonne.

Cast

• Sophie Marceau as Valentine Ezquerra
• Vincent Lindon as Ned
• Élisabeth Vitali as Celine
• Jean-Claude Leguay as Charly
• Elena Pompei as Patricia
• Roberto Attias as Philippe
• Brigitte Chamarande as Claire
• Christian Pereira as Serge
• Beppe Chierici as L'appariteur
• Nathalie Mann as Alexandra
• Anne Macina as Laura
• Janine Souchon as La dame au chien
• Virginie Demians
• Hugues Leforestier as Patron du bouchon
• Jacqueline Noëlle
• Marc-André Brunet as Victor^[3]

References

External links

• L'étudiante at the Internet Movie Database