| Love and Desire | |
| Based On: | Le désir et l'amour by Auguste Bailly |
| Cinematography: | Michel Kelber |
| Distributor: | Les Films Marceau |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Language: | French |
Love and Desire (French: Le désir et l'amour) is a 1951 French-Spanish drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Luis María Delgado and starring Martine Carol, António Vilar and Carmen Sevilla.[1] It was based on the 1929 novel of the same title by Auguste Bailly.[2]
It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location in Madrid, Torremolinos and Malaga. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Julio Molina and René Renoux.
A French film crew are working on location in southern Spain. When the leading man refuses to swim across a river, his place is taken by a local man who is soon hired as a stuntman for the whole film. Much to the anger of his Spanish fiancée, he falls in love with the film's female star.