Daughter of an American dancer and French father, Leslie Caron was already a prima ballerina in Paris when recommended by Gene Kelly as his dancing partner in Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris (1951).
In The Unapproachable Leslie Caron plays a rich, cynical, still very attractive middle-aged ex-star now living in retirement in a spacious villa, protected from prying photographers and unwelcome visitors by high walls. She spends her days surrounded by objects of art, listening to classical music, and otherwise passing her time in quiet meditation. Into her world one day comes a mysterious young man who appeals to her vanity and plays on her lonely isolation. A game of cat-and-mouse begins, a Kammerspiel of one-upmanship and psychological give-and-take. Caron's acting talents are a delight to watch as she swings easily from the comic and trivial to the defensive and "unapproachable" - right up to the end with its unexpected surprise.
Leslie Caron, Daniel Weeb, Leslie Malton u.a.
Regie
Krzysztof Zanussi
Drehbuch
Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Zebrowski
Kamera
Slawomir Idziak
Musik
Wojciech Kilar
Szenenbild
Jan Schlubach, Albrecht Konrad
ProduzentIn
Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion
Sender
ZDF/1982
Genre
TV Movie
Format
16 mm colour
Länge
90 minutes
Auszeichnugen
Hong Kong, New Delhi, San Remo, Denver,Cambridge, London, Brussels,Durban