Ariane

Original title: Love in the Afternoon

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Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, and Maurice Chevalier in Ariane (1957)

Romantic Comedy Comedy Crime Drama Romance

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Gary Cooper

Frank Flannagan

Audrey Hepburn

Ariane Chavasse…

Maurice Chevalier

Claude Chavasse

John McGiver

Monsieur X

Van Doude

Michel

Lise Bourdin

Madame X

Olga Valéry

Hotel Guest with Dog
(as Olga Valery)

The Gypsies

Themselves

Elga Andersen

Bit Part
(uncredited)

Claude Ariel

Existentialist
(uncredited)

Jack Ary

Man in Love on Right Bank
(uncredited)

Marc Aurian

Couple Drenched by Water Wagon
(uncredited)

Vera Boccadoro

Couple Drenched by Water Wagon
(uncredited)

Paul Bonifas

Police Chief
(uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

Ritz Employee
(uncredited)

Françoise Brion

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Marcelle Broc

Rich Woman
(uncredited)

Jeanne Charblay

Client at Baker's
(uncredited)

Director
- Billy Wilder
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Trivia
Gary Cooper was very pleased with his performance and very disappointed that the majority of critics thought him miscast due to his age. Indeed, the film's box-office failure was largely attributed to his being considered too old to play Audrey Hepburn's lover. In April 1958 he had a full facelift and other cosmetic surgery, but the procedure was largely unsuccessful.

Goofs
When the gypsy musicians are playing for Flannagan in the Turkish bath, the lead violinist discovers that the condensation has made his instrument fill up with water, tips it out, and continues playing: the sound is unaltered.

Quotes
Ariane Chavasse: Working on a new case?
Claude Chavasse: A client from Brussels. His wife ran away to Paris with the chauffeur. I have to find them; the husband wants his car back.

Connections
Featured in L'homme qui venait d'ailleurs (1976)

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Fascination
Music by Fermo Dante Marchetti
Performed by The Gypsies

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Defending Cooper

Love in the Afternoon is a late 50s Wilder classic. At least semi-classic. The story is about a French girl who falls in love with a swinger from Paris. The girl is Audrey Hepburn and the man is Gary Cooper. The first act lags. The only thing keeping me glued to the screen is Hepburn, who has such a screen presence (she's pretty).

Recent comments have also noted Gary Cooper's miscasting. I'm not sure. I agree it's hard to believe Hepburn's character falls for him. The movie just doesn't work in his favor in the first act. It does begin to work eventually. The turning point would have to be at the picnic where he obviously starts to fall for her. Cooper falling for Hepburn: more realistic. From that point everything takes off. Cary Grant could have pulled off the attraction, but I don't think he could have pulled off the 2nd and 3rd act, and Cooper did. When he's sad (dictaphone/wine cart/sauna scenes) he's a top form comic actor. Anyways - I digress.

No one can produce the feeling of heartache with so much sadness and glee as Wilder can. The gypsy band should have earned a best supporting actors nomination.