How to Make a French Dish

How to Make a French Dish (1964)

In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.

Director: Robert Thomas

Casts

	Annie Girardot as Marie / Marinette / Maryse / Marie-Paule young
	Marie Bell as Elderly Marie-Paule
	Gérard Blain as The painter
	Bernard Blier as Joseph
	Jean-Claude Brialy as Jacquot
	Blanchette Brunoy as Angèle
	Claude Dauphin as Mr. Oscar
	Sacha Distel as Roger
	Daniel Gélin as Raymond
	Denise Grey as Mrs. Boudard mother
	Jane Marken as Mrs. Alphonse
	Christian Marquand as Lucien Volard
	Félix Marten as Odilon
	Raymond Pellegrin as Armand Boulard
	Franchot Tone as John K. Montasy Jr
	Raymond Bussières as The page boy from 'Loulou'
	Madeleine Clervanne as Adèle Postic
	Jacqueline Jefford as Roger's wife
	Paul Demange as The sacristan
	Monique Mélinand as Mary's mother
	Alain Quercy as The client at Mrs. Alphonse
	Jean Tissier as Alphonse
	Danielle Volle as Janine at 20