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Justine by lawrence durrell7/5/2023 ![]() Some scenes were shot at Ennejma Ezzahra, a palace at Sidi Bou Said, in northern Tunisia. It became a financial flop and received critical reviews. He proceeded to bring the film to Hollywood where the remainder of the film was finished. ![]() When he did not hire others for the film as instructed by the studio and slept on the set while working on one of Aimee's scenes, they fired him and George Cukor was brought in. He did some location filming there, but fought with the executives at Fox and with star Anouk Aimée. The film's pre-production was prepared by director Joseph Strick, who intended to shoot the movie in Morocco. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Marcus (with uncredited contributions from critic Andrew Sarris), based on the 1957 novel Justine by Lawrence Durrell, which was part of the series The Alexandria Quartet. Justine is a 1969 American drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. ![]()
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