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Petulia Danner is a young socialite married to a savagely abusive architect. At a benefit concert for victims of traffic accidents, she meets Dr. Archie Bollen, with whom she becomes smitten because he treated an injured Mexican boy.
Petulia ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama unter Regie von Richard Lester aus dem Jahr 1968. Als Vorlage diente der Roman Me and the Arch Kook Petulia des Zahnarztes und Autors John Haase (1923–2006).
Dr. John Haase (August 21, 1923 – August 3, 2006) was an American dentist and author whose most well-known novel was adapted into the 1968 Richard Lester film Petulia starring George C. Scott and Julie Christie.
Petulia ★★★★ 1968 (R) Overlooked, offbeat drama about a flighty woman who spites her husband by dallying with a sensitive, recently divorced surgeon. Classic ‘60s document and cult favorite offers great performance from the appealing Christie, with Scott fine as the vulnerable surgeon.
Petulia is a 1968 drama film directed by Richard Lester and starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott and Richard Chamberlain. The film has a screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus from a story by Barbara Turner and is based on the 1966 novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase.
George C. Scott plays a recently divorced man who willingly begins a semi-affair with Petulia, who is married to an abusive man. She is a 'kook', to use a 1960s term, but not in the Goldie Hawn silly mold. Scott's character takes life as it comes.
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Petulia est une jeune femme de San Francisco, à la vie aisée, mariée depuis six mois à un homme jeune et parfois violent, David Danner. Lors d'une soirée, elle s'éprend d'un médecin quadragénaire, récemment divorcé et séduisant, Archie Bollen.
