Love in the Afternoon ( Also Known As: Ariane) is a Comedy, Romance, Drama film directed by Billy Wilder and written by I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay). It released on 30 June 1957 (USA). The film stars Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier. A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.