In January 1960, Yves Montand and Simone Signoret, one of the most famous star couples of the day, were on tour in the United States. Yves Montand had just triumphed on the country's biggest stages. Simone Signoret, who had distinguished herself in "Room at the Top", was about to win an Oscar. It was then that they met Arthur Miller, a writer and playwright but above all, at the time, the husband of Marilyn Monroe, a world star at the height of her fame and beauty. Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe fell in love and the actress did everything she could to make a film with the Frenchman. This is how they met on the set of the film "Let's Make Love".
Direction
Bergère weaves archival footage into a tense emotional chess match.
Production
Stunning period photography capturing two stars at their peak.
Writing
Refuses easy judgment, lets the contradictions breathe.
Director
Sylvain Bergère
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Signoret and Montand remained married until her death in 1985, making their union one of Hollywood's longest despite the affair. She allegedly told friends she 'chose to remember the good years.'
The film 'Let's Make Love' was a notorious flop, and its failure is now read as evidence that the real-life tension between Monroe and Montand couldn't translate to screen chemistry — or that it translated too much.
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