{"product_id":"quadrille-カドリーユ-original-japanese-movie-poster-1997-b2-size-51-73-cm-g290","title":"“Quadrille” \/ 「カドリーユ」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1997, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) G290","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"320\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"144\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the 1997 Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"209\"\u003eQuadrille \/ 「カドリーユ」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Valérie Lemercier’s stylish French romantic comedy adapted from the celebrated 1937 play by \u003cstrong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"319\"\u003eSacha Guitry\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"496\"\u003eDirected by and starring Lemercier, the film transforms a four-sided romantic entanglement into a sophisticated Parisian farce of jealousy, seduction, and shifting loyalties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"517\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"517\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"689\"\u003eThe story centres on \u003cstrong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"561\"\u003ePaulette Nanteuil\u003c\/strong\u003e, an ambitious stage actress involved in a long-standing relationship with influential magazine editor \u003cstrong data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"688\"\u003ePhilippe de Morannes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"922\"\u003eTheir arrangement is disrupted by the arrival of \u003cstrong data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"762\"\u003eCarl Bille-En-Tête\u003c\/strong\u003e, a charismatic American film star visiting Paris. 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