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Elena and Her Men ((French: Elena et les Hommes; originally released in English-speaking countries as Paris Does Strange Things) is a 1956 film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, and Mel Ferrer.
Elena and Her Men: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard. Polish countess Elena falls in love with a French radical party's candidate - a general - in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jean Renoir
- 1956-09-12
When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.
- Princess Elena Sorokowska
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love.
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- Jean Renoir
User Reviews. In the end of the Nineteenth Century, on the July 14th Celebration in Paris, the broken widow Polish Princess Elena Sokorowska (Ingrid Bergman) meets the bon-vivant Henri de Chevincourt (Mel Ferrer) on the streets. Henri introduces his friend General François Rollan (Jean Marais), who is a national hero.
Jun 9, 2015 · For Renoir, in his unique romantic comedy, Elena breaks from complacency by eventually rejecting a suitor of financial security (and considerable age) to consider a life of freedom and pleasure. The camera is fixed on Bergman nearly from start to end, which is sensible in that Elena et Les Hommes (1955) was created for her.
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Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 16, 2015. TV Guide. This is a fantastic film. It is filled with patented Renoirisms, from the utter sincerity of the emotions to the exceptional ...
