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| Rich and Famous. Candice Bergen, Jacqueline Bisset. |
Rikas ja kuuluisa / Rik och berömd. US 1981. PC: MGM. D: George Cukor. Based on the play Old Acquaintance (1940) by John Van Druten.
Starring Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Meg Ryan. 116 min.
Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Marjatta Kaija / Anna-Lisa Holmqvist.
Viewed at SEA, Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 14 Jan 2005.
The final film of George Cukor ended our tribute to the master whose career lasted 50 years and 50 films. A surprise, a film worth reconsidering: Cukor still in full form with a modernized version of the popular play, the story of the love-hate relationship of two women over several decades.
Bisset is the serious and long-suffering author, Bergen the bestselling novelist. Cukor's direction of the actresses is emotionally rich. Funny dialogue, never a dull moment. Satirical and tender. Cukor, having lived through the Production Code, enjoys the post-Code freedom, also expressing epithets about "homosexuals and Jews". The final meeting of the women even charmingly opens the possibility that their relationship might be more than friendship. ***
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