Francois Truffaut's TWO ENGLISH GIRLS is a love story examining the complications of one man's romance with two women, in a reversal of JULES AND JIM (both films are based on novels by Henri-Pierre Roche). Set at the beginning of the 20th century, the film focuses on Claude (Jean-Pierre
Leaud), a young art critic and aspiring author who charms his way through life. In Paris he meets Anne (Kika Markham), a liberated young woman who invites him to spend the summer at the seaside cottage she shares with her sister, Muriel (Stacey Tendeter). Though Anne shows some initial interest in
Claude, she secretly intends that he fall in love with the puritanical Muriel. Her plo...
Released:
1971
Rated:
R
Length:
132 mins