Rapture (1965 film)
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| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Screenplay by |
Ennio Flaiano Stanley Mann |
| Based on |
Rapture in My Rags by Phyllis Hastings |
| Starring |
Melvyn Douglas Patricia Gozzi Dean Stockwell |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by |
Max Benedict Françoise Diot |
Production company |
Panoramic Productions |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox International Classics |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country |
France United States |
| Language |
French English |
Rapture (French: La fleur de l'âge) is a 1965 French-American film directed by John Guillermin, and starring Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, and Dean Stockwell.
Plot
Young teenager Agnes, her widowed father, and their caretaker Karen live in a farmhouse in Brittany, France. Agnes is between childhood and growing into a young adult. She resists her father's wish for her to grow up and act like an adult. One day while walking home from church they witness a prison bus crash. The convicts attempt to flee and are being shot by the prison guards. One knocks down a guard and injures him before escaping past the family. Agnes finds the convict in the family's shed and hides him from the police. In her childlike mind she thinks that she has created him from a scarecrow. He stays for a while with the family and he and Karen become close. Agnes catches them kissing in the shed and angrily chases Karen away. Agnes and the fugitive run off to the city, but Agnes finds she cannot cope with the situation. She returns home to her father where the police again question them about the fugitive. He is chased to the sea where he is shot and falls off the cliff. The film ends with Agnes and her father walking back to their home.[1]
Cast
- Melvyn Douglas as Frederick Larbaud
- Patricia Gozzi as Agnes Larbaud
- Dean Stockwell as Joseph
- Gunnel Lindblom as Karen
Reception
Time magazine called the film a "penumbral play of love against loneliness" that "boost[s] the artistic stock of English director John Guillermin" and "clinch[es] the reputation of France's 15-year-old Patricia Gozzi."[2]
See also
References
External links
- Rapture on IMDb
- Rapture at Rotten Tomatoes