The Romantic Englishwoman,(Une anglaise romantique) (1975)
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Cast
as Elizabeth Fielding
as Lewis
as Isabel
as Thomas
as David Fielding
as Miranda
as Swan
as Herman
as Catherine
as Annie
as Miranda
as Hendrik
as New Nanny
as George
as Mrs. Wilson
as 1st Meal-ticket Lady
as 2nd Meal-ticket Lady
as Headwaiter
as Neighbor
as Supermarket Cashier
as Airport Shop Assistant
Critic Reviews for The Romantic Englishwoman,(Une anglaise romantique)
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Disappointing but easy to watch sly comedy that skewers real-life love and pulp fiction romance as both products of fiction.
Audience Reviews for The Romantic Englishwoman,(Une anglaise romantique)
In "The Romantic Englishwoman," Elizabeth(Glenda Jackson) is vacationing in Baden-Baden. While there, she has an innocent encounter with Thomas(Helmut Berger) who is there on business. Which her husband Lewis(Michael Caine), a novelist, imagines to be not-so-innocent, especially after she flies back against his explicit instructions. His worries are intensified when Thomas seeking a place to hide out after a business deal goes south travels to their house under cover of being a poet who is a fan of Lewis' novels. "The Romantic Englishwoman" is a prime example of when very dull things happen to great actors. So much so, that they can do little with the material at hand. Admittedly, telling Thomas' story with as little as dialogue as possible is a neat touch.(And you have to admit it. Thomas does have style.) But even with such potential, the movie, not able to decide between romance, comedy, psychological drama, meta weirdness or thriller, just decides to sit there for long stretches. Maybe it would have helped if the story had started off with Lewis' first conversation with Herman(Rene Kolldehoff) as a way of introducing everybody. Maybe not.
Super Reviewer
I just can't resist the creepiness of a Helmut Berger role guided by Joseph Losey to a place where fantasy and reality collide.
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The Romantic Englishwoman,(Une anglaise romantique) Quotes
| Thomas: | The Englishwoman was the most romantic. All she wanted was everything. |
| Isabel: | People make too much of sex. It shouldn't be anything you leave home for. |
| Lewis: | The realm of possibility, What a terrible country. What if such and such were the case? What if the person you love is a liar? |
| Lewis: | It is very, very boring to seize on some commonplace idea, which no reasonable person would dispute, and then ram it down people's throats as if it were a breakthrough in the history of human thought. Furthermore, washing someone's dirty underpants is what you are best suited for. |