La Ronde

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La Ronde

1954,

1h 33m,

Comedy

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94%

17 Reviews

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84%

500+ Ratings

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94%

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17 Reviews

84%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

This Academy Award-nominated French film presents a series of interconnected romantic entanglements. Narrated by an omniscient guide (Anton Walbrook), the movie has a large cast of characters that includes a prostitute (Simone Signoret), who meets up with a soldier (Serge Reggiani), who later becomes involved with a maid (Simone Simon). This merry-go-round continues until it circles back to the beginning, making for an intriguing tale of love and infidelity.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Sep 7, 2023

5/5

The film passes like a strange and tantalising dream.

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

Jan 9, 2018

The performers are as seductive as the script. It's quite an affaire.

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

Sep 12, 2008

3.5/4

Each vignette conforms to a tight, outgrowing pattern, so that they each have equal weight, even if Danielle Darrieux's first segment is the one that lingers in the mind.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Sep 12, 2023

5/5

The script is knowingly meta, while performances ripple with witty banter, deep discussions and lusty chemistry as the narrative circles through romantic entanglements between 10 characters.

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Jean-Luc Godard

La Gazette du Cinéma

Sep 16, 2021

Simone Signoret [walks] the streets as though born to it, and it is no fault of hers that she meets two of the worst actors in the French cinema there.

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

May 22, 2019

A magical portmanteau piece which is full of charm and personality.

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Finn W

Feb 14, 2018

Bravo! What a movie! It's a pure delight to watch such French movies. The French people do know how to make love, they are world experts in this matter. Max Ophuls so exquisitely shot his movies, with such extraordinary charm - it envelopes you completely. This movie about love affairs told in short interconnected stories puts its characters in quite familiar situations which play out with a different flavor. All that is happening in the old Vienna, the director's beloved place with its still present code of honor.

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Kylo R

Jul 22, 2017

Max Ophuls has made a classic with La Ronde because of its unique script structure and always interesting takes on themes such as love, marriage and happiness. Humorously narrated by a man that understands that he is telling a story for a picture which is more than fascinating it is avant-garde. Every new character shows a new perspective and a charm that captures one, but drives away the next. Like the characters the camera sets the mood in each scene creating a fluid and glamorously shot film.

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George S

Jul 21, 2017

Ophuls is able to recreate much of the romanticism and humor from his other films, but fails to create something distinctively different or better than those previous efforts.

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Harry L

May 12, 2017

It's sweeping in its own unique way and takes the classic romance genre into interesting ways especially in its format which must have jarring at the time. Ophuls is also a genius with his cinematography and following his characters around a room which works marvelously here.

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Leia P

May 7, 2017

A fun, memorable film

Abraham R

Mar 5, 2017

A beautiful film with a constantly roaming camera. The challenge for me was the story, I wasn't full drawn in but this is a film certainly worth watching for the visual alone. Max Ophuls is a master with the tracking shot and this film shows him at his full powers. Worth a watch for classic cinema lovers.

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Synopsis

This Academy Award-nominated French film presents a series of interconnected romantic entanglements. Narrated by an omniscient guide (Anton Walbrook), the movie has a large cast of characters that includes a prostitute (Simone Signoret), who meets up with a soldier (Serge Reggiani), who later becomes involved with a maid (Simone Simon). This merry-go-round continues until it circles back to the beginning, making for an intriguing tale of love and infidelity.

Director: Max Ophuls
Producer: Ralph Baum, Sacha Gordine
Screenwriter: Jacques Natanson, Max Ophuls, Arthur Schnitzler
Distributor: Criterion Collection
Production Co: Films Sacha Gordine
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 1954, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Mono

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