mauriceronet &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:mauriceronet @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:52:01 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wmff <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wmff Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0200 La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pkp7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" La piscine (1969)/div div class="caption" Marianne (Romy Schneider) and Harry (Maurice Ronet) shopping. Note the plethora of atypical-for-France ingredients, and how the packaging hasn't changed up to today. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès./div div class="txt" Shopping for food "I thought you'd be hungry, maybe." ### Schneider and Ronet's characters go get their groceries in a tiny, surprisingly well-stocked-with-Asian-food-items French corner shop, ánd manage to find all the ingredients needed. One rookie mistake: Uncle Ben's. Of all the rice in the world… &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #JacquesDeray #AlainDelon #RomySchneider #MauriceRonet #JaneBirkin #PaulCrauchet #MichelLegrand #JeanJacquesTarbès #shopping #groceries #crime #romance #drama #SaintTropez #France #Italy #1960s ★★½/div /section ]]>

La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969)

Jul

20

La piscine (1969)

Marianne (Romy Schneider) and Harry (Maurice Ronet) shopping. Note the plethora of atypical-for-France ingredients, and how the packaging hasn't changed up to today. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès.

Shopping for food*

“I thought you'd be hungry, maybe.”

Schneider and Ronet's characters go get their groceries in a tiny, surprisingly well-stocked-with-Asian-food-items French corner shop, ánd manage to find all the ingredients needed. One rookie mistake: Uncle Ben's. Of all the rice in the world…

 

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #JacquesDeray #AlainDelon #RomySchneider #MauriceRonet #JaneBirkin #PaulCrauchet #MichelLegrand #JeanJacquesTarbès #shopping #groceries #crime #romance #drama #SaintTropez #France #Italy #1960s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pkp7 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" International Panic Day/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" A character in panic mode on International Panic Day "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Jun

18

International Panic Day

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë.

A character in panic mode on International Panic Day

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:10:00 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8709 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" croissants /div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) going though his passport over breakfast. Multiple passport photos, a fountain pen, and a magnifying glass take precedence over his fresh croissants. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Why bother having money when you can spend other people's?" ### – Philippe Greenleaf\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #breakfast #croissants #bread #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Jun

15

croissants

Plein soleil (1960)

Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) going though his passport over breakfast. Multiple passport photos, a fountain pen, and a magnifying glass take precedence over his fresh croissants. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Why bother having money when you can spend other people's?”

– Philippe Greenleaf

#FilmDinner #breakfast #croissants #bread #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8709 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:43:21 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ascenseur-pour-lechafaud-1958 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" croissants/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Dec

13

croissants

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

#FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ascenseur-pour-lechafaud-1958 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:27:42 +0100 La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/la-piscine-1969 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" "Chinese food"/div div class="img" La piscine (1969)/div div class="caption" The two couples (Delon and Schneider, and Ronet and Birkin) awkwardly share dinner. There's wine in red glasses and the food, plated on rustic French dinnerware, is handled with chopsticks. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès./div div class="txt" "We'll eat Chinese. OK?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #JacquesDeray #AlainDelon #RomySchneider #MauriceRonet #JaneBirkin #PaulCrauchet #MichelLegrand #JeanJacquesTarbès #crime #romance #drama #SaintTropez #France #Italy #1960s ★★½/div /section ]]>

La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (Jacques Deray, 1969)

Jul

13

“Chinese food”

La piscine (1969)

The two couples (Delon and Schneider, and Ronet and Birkin) awkwardly share dinner. There's wine in red glasses and the food, plated on rustic French dinnerware, is handled with chopsticks. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès.

“We'll eat Chinese. OK?”

#FilmDinner #JacquesDeray #AlainDelon #RomySchneider #MauriceRonet #JaneBirkin #PaulCrauchet #MichelLegrand #JeanJacquesTarbès #crime #romance #drama #SaintTropez #France #Italy #1960s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/la-piscine-1969 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:57:08 +0200