| The Lovers | |
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 A Scene from The Lovers |
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| Directed by | Louis Malle |
| Starring | Jeanne Moreau |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Country |  France |
| Language | French |
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The Lovers (Les Amants) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeanne Moreau. It was Malle's second feature film, made when he was 25 years old.
Legal impact
A showing of the film in Cleveland Heights, Ohio's Coventry Village resulted in a criminal conviction of the theatre manager for public depiction of obscene material. He appealed his conviction to the United States Supreme Court, which reversed the conviction, ruling that this film was not obscene in its written opinion Jacobellis v. Ohio. Justice Potter Stewart famously concurred that this particular film was not obscene, writing of obscenity, "I know it when I see it."
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Elevator to the Gallows • The Lovers • Zazie in the Metro • A Very Private Affair • The Fire Within • Viva Maria! • The Thief of Paris • Murmur of the Heart • Lacombe Lucien • Black Moon • Pretty Baby • Atlantic City • My Dinner with Andre • Crackers • Alamo Bay • Goodbye, Children • May Fools • Damage • Vanya on 42nd Street |
