Petulia (1968) is a British drama film directed by Richard Lester. The screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus is based on the novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The title character is a young San Francisco socialite married to a savagely abusive man. She finagles a meeting with physician Archie Bollen who she...
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Petulia (1968) is a British drama film directed by Richard Lester. The screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus is based on the novel Me and the Arch Kook Petulia by John Haase. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The title character is a young San Francisco socialite married to a savagely abusive man. She finagles a meeting with physician Archie Bollen who she first saw and became smitten with as he treated an injured Mexican boy. Bollen is in the process of divorcing his wife, is sifting through new relationships with his ex, the new man in her life, his sons, and friends who knew him only as one-half of a couple. The two soon embark on a quirky relationship.
A non-linear construction with frequent flash-backs and flash-forwards (especially at the beginning of the film) make a second viewing helpful.
The Warner Brothers/Seven Arts release stars Julie Christie as Petulia, George C. Scott as Archie...
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