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Synopsis: (aka House of Jade) Jane Lambert (Bisset) is a middle-aged novelist whose marriage has ended in part because of her inability to bear children. She falls for Bernard (Perez), the self-centered businessman who is not yet 30. Jane ignores her career and follows her heart as she and Bernard begin a passionate love affair. Several months into the romance, Bernard begins to withdraw his affections for Jane and reveals he is seeing another woman. Jane tries to kill herself when Bernard tells her of his desire to have children. She eventually recovers and buries herself in her work as she begins a heartbreaking, romantic novel based on her ill-fated love affair.
Time out London Review: Anonymous reviewer: As the relationship progresses, Bernard asks Jeanne to marry him and she declines stating that she is barren. Bernard professes to love her and states that it does not matter. Jeanne argues that she had a previous relationship that started out the same way and it ended because it did eventually matter. Bernard argues that it will not happen to them. Jeanne, loving this man as she does, believes him and they begin their engagement. Jeanne and Bernard begin making plans, buying a house etc, ie committing themselves to things longterm. This film offers wonderful scenes of love, passion, and eventually betrayal. Bernard reached his 30th birthday and secretly begins an affair with another woman. Jeanne, thru her flashbacks realizes that he has attempted to tell her something is wrong several times. She is caught off guard when Bernard finally tells her that he does need children and has been seeing someone else. Film watchers experience along with Jeanne's character, the ultimate act and feeling of betrayal, her desperation to try to hang on to and salvage this relationship.....
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