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Impossible Object

1973 Italian film

Impossible Object

Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Written by	Nicholas Mosley Eric Kahane
Based on	Impossible Object by Nicholas Mosley
Produced by	Robert Bradford Jud Kinberg
Starring	Alan Bates Dominique Sanda
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	Albert Jurgenson
Music by	Michel Legrand
Release date	24 May 1973
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy France
Language	English French
Budget	$1.8 million^[1]

Impossible Object, later released as Story of a Love Story, is a 1973 drama film starring Alan Bates and Dominique Sanda. It was directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Nicholas Mosley based on his own novel. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.^[2] Mosley wrote the screenplay at the behest of director Joseph Losey, whose film Accident was based on an earlier Mosley novel. Dirk Bogarde and Catherine Deneuve had been attached to the film.^[3] However, Losey had difficulty financing the film and later fell out with Mosley over The Assassination of Trotsky. Frankenheimer, looking to make an independent film, took over the project.

Cast

Alan Bates as Harry
Dominique Sanda as Natalie
Michel Auclair as Georges
Evans Evans as Elizabeth
Paul Crauchet
Lea Massari as Woman
Sean Bury
Henry Czarniak
Mark Dightam
Vernon Dobtcheff
Isabelle Giraud-Carrier
Michael McVey
Laurence de Monaghan as Cleo
André Rouille

Production

Principal photography for this movie was delayed until Dominique Sanda gave birth to her son (in April 1972). John Frankenheimer shot footage of a pregnant and naked Sanda, which was used in the movie when her character Nathalie, Harry's mistress, is pregnant with his child.^[4]

Reception

The film was a financial failure. Frankenheimer later said it was never properly released because the producers went bankrupt.^[5] However, the film saw some success at the 1974 Atlanta Film Festival, where it won the Grand Award Gold Phoenix for best film. Mosley also won for best screenplay and composer Michel Legrand for his film score.^[6] Frankenheimer said he entered the film with a stolen print.^[7]

References

^ So You Make a Movie-Will the Public Ever See It?: Movies So You Make a Movie -- Will the Public See It? By STEPHEN! FARBER. New York Times 24 Feb 1974: 105.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Story of a Love Story". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
^ Mosher, Jerry (2011). A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American film. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 204.
^ A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film, p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books
^ Blume, Mary (Sep 1, 1974). "Fathering a 'Connection' Offspring". Los Angeles Times. p. m20.
^ "Industry Activities". American Cinematographer. 55 (10): 1224. October 1974.
^ Pratley, Gerald (1998). The Films of Frankenheimer: Forty Years in Film. London: Lehigh University Press. p. 127.