Photo of Pierre Lhomme
Photo of Pierre Lhomme

Pierre Lhomme

“[On Le joli mai (1963)] When I came to see the first distribution print, at the Panthéon theater, I discovered on the screen that I had become co-director. You can imagine my emotion….I still feel it today. That affected my entire approach; after having worked with a man of that quality, you become more demanding of others.”

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    JAMES IVORY United Kingdom, 1987

    Thirty years before Call Me By Your Name, this lavish period drama from Merchant Ivory encapsulated their uniquely tender and direct perspective on gay love. Featuring a young Hugh Grant in a passionate, heartbreaking performance, this visionary piece of queer cinema has left its mark.

    QUARTET

    JAMES IVORY France, 1981

    Starring Isabelle Adjani in a four-way love affair, Merchant-Ivory’s impeccable adaptation invokes the sordid glamor of Jean Rhys’s eponymous novel. Waltzing through cozy cafés and sexy nightclubs, Quartet dines on the bohemian hedonism of 1920s Paris while exposing the callousness of the idle rich.

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