The film follows a French boy and an … The main theme is hauntingly good--the opening of a few songs (e.g. Champlin, Charles (April 27, 1979). The following morning at breakfast, the Duryeas notice Lauren's picture in an Italian newspaper, revealing her as a missing child. This may be the main hazard when one sets out to make a film so relentlessly sweet-tempered that it winds up—like Pollyana—alienating everyone not similarly affected. The two meet in the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, where Lauren's mother is becoming romantically interested in the director of the movie being filmed there, and where Daniel is taking a school trip, and they fall in love. The network has a few more treats in store for viewers with a new June programming event, A Little Romance.Beginning Saturday June 6 and running through Saturday June 20, fans will get to watch three new romances bloom. They hitch a ride with a couple of American tourists, Bob and Janet Duryea (Andrew Duncan and Claudette Sutherland), who are headed to Venice. The movie, A LITTLE ROMANCE, has always been a favorite of mine and many, in my age group, must still smile at the very thought of this little teen romance. Richard lands his plane on the Bighorn airstrip. Her mother starts to object, but her stepfather tells Lauren to go ahead, having warmed to the boy. Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2004, Like one of the other reviewers, I first saw this film at the age of 12 (in 1979) and it *stuck* in my mind... especially the music, and most especially the track "Love's Not Like That." A Little Romance soundtrack from 1979, composed by Georges Delerue. With Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill. the Bicycle Race) are sometimes jarring, the soundtrack, is overall, quite wonderful. "[14] In his review in DVD Talk, David Langdon concluded, "A Little Romance fits into that category we might call the children's film for adults. "He'll Take 'Romance'". "[3] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four and wrote that it "gives us two movie kids in a story so unlikely I assume it was intended as a fantasy. Pollock, Dale (April 4, 1979). Daniel is unimpressed by him, but he fascinates Lauren with stories of his life, telling of a tradition that if a couple kiss in a gondola beneath the Bridge of Sighs in Venice at sunset while the church bells toll, they will be in love forever. This coordinates with Hallmark’s A Little Romance June theme. "[7] Dale Pollock of Variety wrote, "The first film out of Orion Pictures' stable, 'A Little Romance' emerges as a classy winner. In Venice, they spend the night in St Mark's Basilica, until a chance meeting with the Duryeas sets them on the run again hours before sunset. Hallmark With SiriusXM. They finally find an available gondolier; he takes them within sight of the bridge, but refuses to go further just as sunset arrives. [6] It was the first film released by Orion Pictures. I saw a lot of movies that way: some good, some bad, but most immediately forgetable. "Film Review: A Little Romance". Even though their winnings from the horse race were left on the train in Julius's vest, Julius offers to pay the bill with cash, perplexing Lauren and irritating Daniel, who suspects he stole it. Please try again. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: This Tamil film Panneer Pushpangal in 1981 directed by P. Vasu and Santhana Barathy is inspired by this movie. [4] It also received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Laurence Olivier and Best Original Score for Delerue. I've always half-remembered the music of A Little Romance, having seen the movie many years ago, recently saw it on HBO or some other movie channel and immediately ordered the soundtrack. Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2005. The film won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Score for Georges Delerue and received an additional nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Allan Burns. With Julius's help, the pair travel by train but miss their connection to Verona after Julius gets into a conversation during the stop at the Italian border. [2][3] The film follows a French boy and an American girl who meet in Paris and begin a romance that leads to a journey to Venice where they hope to seal their love forever with a kiss beneath the Bridge of Sighs at sunset. The main theme is hauntingly good--the opening of a few songs (e.g. While the bells are still pealing, Lauren and Daniel kiss and embrace. "[10] Judith Martin of The Washington Post wrote, "The intentional comedy in the film always seems on the verge of working, but then is quickly bludgeoned to death ... Several of the actors have genuinely satirical approaches to characters who are too weighted with clichés to allow lightness.