The Bouquinquant Brothers (1948)
A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her misfortune, Julie gets closer to her brother-in-law Pierre, the opposite of Léon, serious and hardworking, and they become lovers. The drama will rush when Julie becomes pregnant with Pierre.
Director: Louis Daquin
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Albert Préjean as Léon Bouquinquant |
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Madeleine Robinson as Julie Bouquinquant born Moret |
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Roger Pigaut as Pierre Bouquinquant |
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Abel Jacquin as |
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Mona Dol as Madame Leclerc |
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Nicole Desailly as |
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Louise Fouquet as |
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Richard Francœur as |
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Paul Frankeur as Commissioner |
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Juliette Gréco as Nun |
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Denise Kerny as Inmate |
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Paule Launay as |
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Charles Lavialle as Monsieur Thomas |
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Louis Seigner as Investigating judge |
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Jean Vilar as Priest |
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Victor Vina as Doctor |
| Directing | Louis Daquin | Director |
| Writing | Jean Prévost | Novel |
| Writing | Louis Daquin | Writer |
| Writing | Roger Vailland | Writer |
| Production | Alexandre Kamenka | Producer |
| Writing | André Cerf | Writer |