The Girl's Dead, Man (1974)
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.
Director: Daniel Daërt
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Nicole Chomo as Clemence |
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Christian Duroc as Toine |
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Pierre Forget as Mr. Deroze |
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François Guillaume as Captain |
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Catherine Laborde as Slattern |
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Marielle Ollivier as Ida |
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Marie Hélène Règne as Maxime |
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Catherine Rouchon as |
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Claudia Coste as |
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Jerry Di Giacomo as |
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Anne Dolans as |
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Michel Blanc as |
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Edith Ker as |
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Colette Mareuil as |
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Nadia Vasil as |
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Nadia Verine as |
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Gilda Arancio as |
| Directing | Daniel Daërt | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Daërt | Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Valois | Writer |
| Production | Daniel Daërt | Producer |
| Production | rene levy-balenci | Producer |
| Sound | Lucien Yvonnet | Sound |
| Camera | Georges Strouvé | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Marc Bankowsky | Production Design |
| Production | Maggie Gillet | Production Manager |
| Directing | Pierre Meldener | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Noëlle Balenci | Editor |
