Two Lions in the Sun () is a 1980 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Claude Faraldo. It was entered into the main competition at the 37th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Cast Jean-François Stévenin as Paul Jean-Pierre Sentier as René Catherine Lachens as Babette Jean-Pierre Tailhade as Volviste Martine Sarcey as the woman in the park Michel Robin as the man in the park Valérie Kling as Mireille Alain Doutey as the bank manager Jeanne Herviale as the landlady
Release The film entered the main competition at the 37th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Officina Veneziana sidebar.
Reception A contemporary Variety review described the film as a "sometimes strained, sometimes touching tale" that has "intensity of mood" and an "offbeat treatment and subject".Mosk. (3 September 1980). "Deux Lions Au Soleil - Two Lions in the Sun". Variety Film Reviews, Vol. 15. Bowker. p. 575. . Stefano Reggiani from La Stampa also praised the film, "a finely crafted story, full of subtlety, a parable marked by the urgency of reality."
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