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''Love in the Afternoon'' is a 1957 [[Romantic Comedy]] Film starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Audrey Hepburn]] and Maurice Chevailer, directed by [[Billy Wilder]] and based on a novel by Claude Anet.
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Set in Paris France, Audrey Hepburn is Ariane Chavasse, a young music student and the daughter of private detective, Claude Chavasse who is investigating the trysts of American businessman Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper). Upon learning that a jealous husband is about to shoot Flannagan, Ariane attempts to warn him personally , leading to a budding relationship between the two.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Ariane comments how Frank Flanngan has [[High Noon|the face of a cowboy]]
* [[At the Opera Tonight]]: Both Ariane and Claude attend the opera with different people. Ariane can only focus on Claude, and Claude can only focus on [[Men Are Uncultured|how bored he is]].
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Ariane's romantic history.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Michel makes his feelings for Ariane no secret, but she just brushes him off.
* [[Fake -Out Make -Out]]: Flannagan and Ariane pretend to make out when a jealous husband breaks into Flannagan's hotel room.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Ariane pretends to be one.
* [[Dress Hits Floor|Fur Coat Hits Floor]]: Probably because a dress wouldn't have [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|gotten past censors.]]
* [[Gay Paree]]: Everyone is in love in Paris; children, animals, even the undertaker at a funeral!
* [[Greek Chorus]]: The Gypsies follow Flannagan everywhere to provide music. Even into the sauna.
* [[May -December Romance]]: Audrey Hepburn was 27 at the time of the filming; Gary Cooper was 55, and looked it. Some critcscritics declared him miscast because of this. It was not the first time Audrey Hepburn has been in [[Sabrina|this role]], [[Charade (Film)|nor the last.]]
* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: John "Do You Know Me?" McGiver as Monsieur X.
* [[May December Romance]]: Audrey Hepburn was 27 at the time of the filming; Gary Cooper was 55, and looked it. Some critcs declared him miscast because of this. It was not the first time Audrey Hepburn has been in [[Sabrina|this role]], [[Charade (Film)|nor the last.]]
* [[Missing Mom]]: Ariane's mother.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Mr. Chavasse doesn't let Ariane read his case files and has a full dossier on Michel, though he is quite level headed when comes to confronting Flannagan.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: They can't investigate until after a crime has been committed.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Ariane borrows an ermine coat as part of her first seduction of Claude.
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