The Girl's Dead, Man

The Girl's Dead, Man

1974 fr 90 minutes

Rating: 2.375

Plot

A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime "qui tue les mouches et deguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.

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Cast

Nicole Chomo

Nicole Chomo

Clemence

Christian Duroc

Christian Duroc

Toine

Pierre Forget

Pierre Forget

Mr. Deroze

François Guillaume

François Guillaume

Captain

Catherine Laborde

Catherine Laborde

Slattern

Marielle Ollivier

Marielle Ollivier

Ida

Marie Hélène Règne

Marie Hélène Règne

Maxime

Catherine Rouchon

Catherine Rouchon

Claudia Coste

Claudia Coste

Jerry Di Giacomo

Jerry Di Giacomo

Anne Dolans

Anne Dolans

Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

Edith Ker

Edith Ker

Colette Mareuil

Colette Mareuil

Nadia Vasil

Nadia Vasil

Nadia Verine

Nadia Verine

Gilda Arancio

Gilda Arancio

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