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The Greengage Summer/Lost Innocence (US title) (1961) GB 1 hr 39 min colour

Comedy/romantic comedy

Directed by Lewis Gilbert

Cast

Screenplay Rumer Godden, Howard Koch
Book: Rumer Godden (Novel, The Greengage Summer)
Photographer: Freddie Young

Kenneth More (Eliot) Danielle Darrieux (Madame Zisi) Susannah York (Joss Grey) Claude Nollier (Madame Corbet) Jane Asher (Hester) Elizabeth Dear (Vicky) Richard Williams (Wilmouse) David Saire (Paul) Raymond Gérôme (Renard) Maurice Denham (Mr. Bullock) André Maranne (M. Dutour) Harold Kasket (M. Prideaux) Jacques B. Brunius (M. Joubert) Joy Shalton (Mrs. Grey)
Plot
A young English girl (Susannah York in her first leading role) finds herself responsible for the care of her younger sisters one glorious summer in France when their mother is taken suddenly ill and rushed to hospital She also finds herself, with a delicious frisson, under the approving scrutiny of a charming older man, also English, with a murky past (Kenneth More) and a stormy mistress (Danielle Darrieux) who is the patronne of the Hotel Oeillets. Set in Epernay, the Champagne region of France, it is the captivating story of a young woman's sexual awakening in a wonderful setting. It all ends badly, of course, when Madame Zisi discovers that her lover has been kissing the sweat from young Joss Grey's face. Earthy thought,but Rumer Godden tended a bit that way but still ... utterly romantic. Kenneth More named it his fsvourite film: 'She was just twenty-one and an adorable creature...it was one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked.'

Kenneth More, More or Less, Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. ISBN 0 340 22603 X
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