Les Lions sont lâchés / Les Lions sont laches / The Lions Are Loose / Henri Verneuil / Jean-Claude Brialy

Les Lions sont lâchés

1961 Comedy

Credits

Director: Henri Verneuil
Script: Michel Audiard, France Roche
Photo: Christian Matras
Music: Georges Garvarentz
Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy (Didier), Claudia Cardinale (Albertine), Danielle Darrieux (Marie-Laure), Michèle Morgan (Cécile), Lino Ventura (Challenberg), Denise Provence (Hélène), Louis Arbessier (Frédéric Moine), Daniel Ceccaldi (Georges Guichard), Bernard Musson (Gabriel, le valet de chambre), Francis Nani, François Nocher (Gilles), Jean Ozenne (Albert Robert-Guichard), Charles Aznavour (Charles, un convive de Marie-Laure), Darry Cowl (Richard), Pierre Dumayet (L’animateur TV)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 95 min; B&W
Aka: The Lions Are Loose

Summary

Bored of her husband and her humdrum life in the country, Albertine is seriously contemplating a divorce, so she sets out for a short stay in Paris to mull things over. There, she is greeted by her friend Cécile, an elegant and refined young woman who is both happily married and a fully paid up member of the Parisian jet set. Cécile takes Albertine to a high class party where she introduces her to several interesting people: Didier Mareze, a young writer with a lively spirit; the brillant Dr Challenberg and his wealthy wife Hélène; and Marie-Laure, Cécile’s snobbish cousin. When Albertine starts an affair with Didier, she doesn’t yet know that he is only the first untamed lion the city has to offer her...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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