Lovers of Paris
1957 film
- 18 October 1957 (1957-10-18)
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Lovers of Paris (original title Pot-Bouille, "Stew Pot") is a 1957 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Gérard Philipe. It is based on the 1882 novel Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola.[2][3][4][5]
The movie is in black and white, and filmed in 35 mm. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. It premiered in France on October 18, 1957.
It was the second film Duvivier directed based on a novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, the first being Au Bonheur des Dames in 1930.
Plot
A young provincial, Octave Mouret, arrives in Paris during the Second Empire. Madame Josserand, a society woman who thinks of little other than marrying off her daughter Berthe, sets her sights on him. But Octave has already turned his attention to the married Madame Hédouin, who runs a large department store, "Au Bonheur des Dames", where he is hired as a salesman. She is beautiful, but remains distant despite Octave's efforts to be noticed. Upset, Madame Josserand forces Berthe, against her will, to marry Auguste Vabre, a shopkeeper with little money. Berthe soon becomes Octave's mistress, and Octave applies his commercial talents to straightening out Auguste's finances. Madame Hédouin, now widowed, then realizes the business and romantic possibilities with her handsome young salesman.
Cast
- Gérard Philipe as Octave Mouret
- Danielle Darrieux as Caroline Hédouin
- Dany Carrel as Berthe Josserand
- Jacques Duby as Auguste Vabre
- Jane Marken as Eléonore Josserand
- Olivier Hussenot as Joseph Josserand
- Anouk Aimée as Marie Pichon
- Danielle Dumont as Hortense Josserand
- Henri Vilbert as Narcisse Bachelard
- Claude Nollier as Clotilde Duveyrier
- Micheline Luccioni as Valérie Vabre
- Judith Magre as Rachel
- Michèle Grellier as Fanny
- Germaine de France as Mlle Menu
- Gabrielle Fontan as Mme Pilou
- Alexandre Rignault as Gourd
- Van Doude as Hector Trublot
- Catherine Samie as Clémence
- Jean-Louis Le Goff as The sommelier
- Henri Coutet as A laborer in the yard
- Albert Médina as The conductor
- Pascale de Boysson as Gasparine
- Jean Brochard as Monsieur Duveyrier
- Arielle Coignet as Louise
- Georges Cusin as Achille Compardon
- Liliane Ernout as The client at "Rendu"
- Jacques Eyser as A doctor
- Jacques Grello as Théophile Vabre
- Gaston Jacquet as Hippolyte Vabre
- Jenny Orléans as Rose Compardon
- Rivers Cadet as The notary
- Monique Vita as Clarisse Boquet
- Denise Gence as Lisa
- Valérie Vivin as Adèle
- Paul Faivre as Stagecoach driver
- Charles Lemontier as Man passing in the street
- Jean Degrave as A guest
- René Worms as A guest
- Andrès as A guest
- Marius Gaidon as A server
- Roger Lecuyer as A wedding guest
- Lydia Ewande as Clarisse's maid
- Paule Launay
- Betty Beckers as Valérie's maid
Crew
- Director: Julien Duvivier
- Screenplay: Julien Duvivier, Léo Joannon, Henri Jeanson
- Assistant directors: Michel Romanoff, Pierre Maho
- Cinematography: Michel Kelber, assisted by André Domage
- Sound: Jacques Carrère, assisted by Guy Chichignoud
- Set design: Léon Barsacq
- Editing: Madeleine Gug
- Music: Jean Wiener, orchestra under the direction of André Girard, featuring Ray Ventura
- Costumes: Marcel Escoffier, Jean Zay, Emmanuel Bourrassin
- Makeup: Jean-Ulysse Piedeloup and Igor Keldich
- Hairstyling: Jean Lalaurette
- Theatrical director: Tonio Sune
- Production: Paris Films Production (Paris), Panitalia (Rome)
- Heads of production: Robert and Raymond Hakim
- Director of production: Ludmilia Goulian
- Production assistant: Pierre Duvivier
- Distributor: C.C.F.C
- Set designer: Maurice Barnathan
References
- ^ "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (2014). "House of Lovers (1957)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "House of Lovers (1957)". tcm.com. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Pot-Bouille (1957)". allmovie.com. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Julien Duvivier". mubi.com. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
External links
- Lovers of Paris at IMDb
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Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
- The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
- The Abbot Constantine (1925)
- The Red Head (1925)
- The Man with the Hispano (1926)
- The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
- The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
- The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928)
- The Divine Voyage (1929)
- La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
- David Golder (1931)
- Moon Over Morocco (1931)
- Here's Berlin (1932)
- The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
- The Red Head (1932)
- A Man's Neck (1933)
- The Little King (1933)
- Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
- Golgotha (1935)
- La Bandera (1935)
- Le Golem (1936)
- They Were Five (1936)
- The Man of the Hour (1937)
- Pépé le Moko (1937)
- Life Dances On (1937)
- The Great Waltz (1938)
- The End of the Day (1939)
- The Phantom Carriage (1939)
- Lydia (1941)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- The Heart of a Nation (1943)
- Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
- The Impostor (1944)
- Panique (1946)
- Anna Karenina (1948)
- The Sinners (1949)
- Black Jack (1950)
- Under the Sky of Paris (1951)
- Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
- Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
- On Trial (1954)
- Marianne of My Youth (1955)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
- The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
- Lovers of Paris (1957)
- The Female (1959)
- Marie-Octobre (1959)
- The High Life (1960)
- Boulevard (1960)
- The Burning Court (1962)
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
- Highway Pick-Up (1963)
- Diabolically Yours (1967)
