Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
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Les Bicyclettes de Belsize is a 1968 British musical short film (30 mins) starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May. It was directed by Douglas Hickox.
It tells the story of a young man (May) who falls in love with a fashion model (Huxtable) after seeing her photograph. As the title suggests, it involves a lot of bicycling in the process, mostly around the Hampstead (NW3) area of London— though not Belsize Park, as the title implies.
There is very little spoken dialogue, and the soundtrack to the film is musical virtually throughout. The title song of the film has been a hit for Mirelle Mathieu and Engelbert Humperdinck amongst others.
The title is derivative of the French film, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; apart from a musical theme there is no other obvious link.
