Two Weeks in September

Two Weeks in September (French title: À coeur joie) is a 1967 British-French drama film directed by Serge Bourguignon and starring Brigitte Bardot, Laurent Terzieff, Jean Rochefort and James Robertson Justice.

Two Weeks in September
Directed bySerge Bourguignon
Produced byFrancis Cosne
Kenneth Harper
Written byVahé Katcha
Pascal Jardin
Serge Bourguignon
Sean Graham (English adpt)
StarringBrigitte Bardot
Laurent Terzieff
Jean Rochefort
James Robertson Justice
Music byMichel Magne
CinematographyEdmond Séchan
Edited byJean Ravel
Production
company
Films du Quadrangle
Francos Films
Kenwood Films
Les Films Pomereu
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Paramount Pictures (US)
Release date
7 June 1967 (France)
26 October 1967 (UK)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
United Kingdom
LanguageFrench
English
Budget7 million francs[1]
Box office691,609 admissions (France)[1]

Plot

Model Cecile spends two weeks away from her older lover Philippe and is tempted by a younger man.

Cast

Production

The film was the sixth in a series of movies financed jointly by the Rank Organization and the NFFC. British companies provided 30% of the budget; French companies provided 70%.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around London. Scenes for the film were alsoshot on the beach at Gullane in East Lothian in September 1966. The principal cast stayed at the Open Arms in Dirleton.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features two songs in English, Do You Want To Marry Me? and I Must Tell You Why, with music by Michel Magne and vocals sung by David Gilmour, working as a session musician with his band Joker's Wild, before he joined Pink Floyd.[3]

Reception

"Two hours wasted" said the Los Angeles Times.[4]

The film received very poor reviews over all.[5]

Box office

The film was a box office disappointment.[1]

References
  1. Box office information on film at Box Office Story
  2. Petrie p 9
  3. "David Gilmour: Wider Horizons". 14 November 2015. BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2015. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  4. 'September' for Brigitte Bardot, Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 10 Nov 1967: d24.
  5. Petrie p 14

Notes


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