Harry (Alan Bates), a British author living in France with his wife and family, begins an affair with Natalie (Dominique Sanda), who herself is unhappily married to Georges (Michel Auclair). However, Harry is unable to untangle the facts of his life from the fictions which he creates, and the line between fantasy and reality become blurred.
The original French theatrical cut (113 mins); and 'Story of a Love Story', the alternative international cut (104 mins)
Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
Interview with John Frankenheimer (1973, 5 mins): extract from the French television programme Le Cinema a..., featuring the director discussing the film before and after an early public screening
These Obscure Subjects of Desire: Objectified Women in the Lost Films of Frankenheimer and Lumet (2024, 13 mins): filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer examines the thematic and historical interconnections between 'Impossible Object' and Sidney Lumet's 1969 feature 'The Appointment'
Stories of a Love Story (2024, 10 mins): video comparison analysing the differences between the two versions of the film
Image gallery: publicity and promotional material 'Story of a Love Story' script gallery: surviving pages of the dialogue continuity records
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