Irma la Douce
Billy Wilder / US, 1963 / 147 min.
Three years after The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine got back together for Irma la Douce, a bittersweet comedy in Technicolor about a guileless Parisian copper Nestor Patou (Lemmon) who falls in love with a prostitute (MacLaine) and vows to protect her.
Irma la Douce won an Oscar for Best Music and a Golden Globe for Best Actress (MacLaine). Irma la Douce is based on the French musical of the same name by Marguerite Monnot.
Screened in 35mm (from Eye”s collection)
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Director
Billy Wilder
Production year
1963
Country
US
Original title
Irma la Douce
Length
147 min.
Language
English
Part of
Sweet & Sour: The Films of Billy Wilder
The legendary screenwriter and Hollywood director Billy Wilder was a brilliant word artist. His Oscar-winning classics are brimming with irresistible and cynical humour: incredibly funny, bold and incisive.
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