School for Love

{{short description|1955 film by Marc Allégret}}

{{Infobox film

| name = School for Love

| image = 1955_Futures_vedettes_-_School_for_love_(fra).jpg

| caption =

| director = Marc Allégret

| producer = Gilbert Cohen-Seat

| writer = Marc Allégret
Roger Vadim

| based_on = {{based on|Eingang zur Bühne (The Entrance to the Stage)
1920 novel|Vicki Baum}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLhoAgAAQBAJ&q=novel+Der+Eingang+zur+B%C3%BChne&pg=PA95 |title = Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars|isbn = 9780199794881|last1 = Silverman|first1 = Lisa|date = 2012-06-19}}

| starring = Jean Marais
Brigitte Bardot

| music = Jean Wiener

| cinematography = Robert Juillard

| editing = Suzanne de Troeye

| studio = Régie du Film
Del Duca Films

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1955|04|26|France|ref1={{cite news|title=Bardot (Clad) Studies Voice in New Film|last=Stinson|first= Charles|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=3 June 1960|page= A7}}|df=y}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross = $7.1 million{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/7|title=Future Vendettes|website=Box Office Story}}

}}

School for Love (Futures vedettes) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay, based on a novel by Vicki Baum was adapted for the screen by Allégret.[http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Futures_vedettes_1955_rev.html Futures vedettes (1955)] at the Films de France

The film was released under different titles in various countries: Joy of Living or School for Love in the U.S., Sweet Sixteen in the U.K. and Reif auf junge Blüten in West Germany.

Plot

Tenor Eric Walter, a teacher at a Vienna conservatory, is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he starts a romantic relationship with one of his students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous, leading to a complex web of emotions and conflicts.

Cast

Reception

The film performed poorly at the French box office, with only 949,416 admissions.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-marais-c22695355|title=Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films|website=Box Office Story}}

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