After Love | |
Director: | Maurice Tourneur |
Producer: | Emile Natan |
Based On: | After Love by Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff |
Starring: | Pierre Blanchar Simone Renant Giselle Pascal |
Editing: | Christian Gaudin |
Studio: | Les Films Modernes |
Distributor: | Les Films Osso |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Country: | France |
After Love (French: Après l'amour) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Giselle Pascal.[1] The film is based on the 1924 play of the same title by Henri Duvernois and Pierre Wolff which has been adapted for the screen a number of times. Tourneur shot it in five weeks and came in under budget.[2] It was the director's penultimate film, followed by Dilemma of Two Angels the same year.
The film's sets were designed by the art director's Paul-Louis Boutié and Guy de Gastyne.
Betrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The two women both find themselves expecting a child. The girl dies during childbirth. In a spirit of revenge and to keep his real son, the scorned husband exchanges the babies.