Five Day Lover

Following Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Jean Seberg was the embodiment of “cool.” Here she stars as a restless wife and mother who catches the eye (and vice versa) of a dashing womanizer. She soon finds herself enjoying afternoon trysts at his bachelor pad, only later learning that he is also her friend’s kept lover. The early career of Philippe de Broca is enjoying a reassessment thanks to the rerelease of films such as That Man from Rio, recently restored by the Cohen Collection. Five Day Lover is a great example of his early 60s comedies and offers an entertaining window on the blossoming sexual revolution. (95 mins., 2K DCP)

Restoration by TF1 International from a 2K scan of the original negative. Released by the Cohen Media Group.