Les amants du Capricorne

Titre original : Under Capricorn

1949
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1h 57m

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Un jeune homme se rend en Australie où il retrouve son amour d'enfance maintenant mariée, mais découvre qu'elle est devenue une alcoolique et cache de sombres secrets.Un jeune homme se rend en Australie où il retrouve son amour d'enfance maintenant mariée, mais découvre qu'elle est devenue une alcoolique et cache de sombres secrets.Un jeune homme se rend en Australie où il retrouve son amour d'enfance maintenant mariée, mais découvre qu'elle est devenue une alcoolique et cache de sombres secrets.

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6,2/10

8,5 k

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Prix
- 3 victoires au total

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Anecdotes
In 1958, Cahiers du Cinema (French Film Magazine) voted this movie as one of the ten greatest movies of all time.

Gaffes
As the characters gather for the dinner party, fairly early on in the film, the camera tracks backwards across the dining room. The table has been pushed into the path of the camera by the time it comes into view, but the candlesticks are still shaking severely from the jerking appearance of the table (their shaking lessens as the take continues).

Citations
[last lines]
Winter: We'll be sorry to lose you, sir.
Hon. Charles Adare: If I may say so, Winter, I'm sorry to go. Not a bad place. It is said that there is some future for it, there must be- it's a big country.
Winter: Then why are you leaving, sir?
Hon. Charles Adare: That's just it, Winter. It's not quite big enough. Bye, good luck.

Générique farfelu
Opening credits roll up over a map of Australia.

Autres versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "SOTTO IL CAPRICORNO (Il peccato di Lady Considine, 1949) New Widescreen Edition + FRAGILE VIRTÙ (1927)" (2 Films on a single DVD, with "Under Capricorn" in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connexions
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

Commentaires des utilisateurs91

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7/10

Underrated and beautifully photographed

While certainly uncharacteristic of Hitchcock's American films this film still has the Master's unmistakable imprint. Joseph Cotton is excellent in his role as a common man who resents the upper class of which he can never be a part. The rest of the actors do a fine job including Ingrid Bergman's turn as Cotton's drunk half mad wife. Perhaps the best and most interesting aspect of the film is the gorgeous Technicolor cinematography by Jack Cardiff. Cardiff who is probably best known for his work with Powell and Pressburger does a great job bringing the rich color of this period piece to the screen. The camera work is also characteristically Hitchcock with many long traveling shots with wonderfully complex compositions. The pace is slow and lacking suspense, but the characters and the situations are interesting and make the film work despite the pacing problems. Certainly not one of Hitchcock's strongest films, but definitely worth watching.