RomanceDrama

September Affair

- "... let's live for today."

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

Release Date : 1950-10-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hal Wallis ProductionsParamount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Manina Stuart

Original Name : Joan Fontaine

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Lawrence

Original Name : Joseph Cotten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria Salvatini

Original Name : Françoise Rosay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Catherine Lawrence

Original Name : Jessica Tandy

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Lawrence Jr.

Original Name : Robert Arthur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Wilson

Original Name : Jimmy Lydon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grazzi

Original Name : Fortunio Bonanova

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bianca

Original Name : Grazia Narciso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rosita

Original Name : Anna Demetrio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vittorio Portini

Original Name : Lou Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Peppino

Original Name : Frank Yaconelli

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-27

Joseph Cotton is "David", a wealthy engineer travelling post war Italy when he encounters concert pianist "Manina" (Joan Fontaine). They have some time to kill before their flight back to the US, so go exploring and manage to miss their plane. Serendipity takes a hand - the plane crashes - affording them the perfect opportunity to play dead and allow their burgeoning romance to develop... All seems to be going to plan until his wife "Catherine" (Jessica Tandy) and young son "David Jr." (Robert Arthur) decide to visit Italy and call upon her friend "Maria" (Françoise Rosay) and... Fontaine is good in this film, she always had an understated class that this role suits well. She has a chemistry with Cotton - never the most natural of actors in a romantic setting - and with some lovely Capri scenery (perhaps monochrome photography doesn't quite do justice to the "Blue Grotto") this makes for quite an engaging drama with a fine score from Victor Young and a charming refrain of Kurt Weill's "September Song" to add a maturity to this, admittedly rather thoughtless and selfish, love story.