Mensonges

1946 1h 30m FR

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Marie Leroux, who is married to Charles, an honest, understanding country doctor, lives an uneventful, rather monotonous life.Her husband is a kind man but he does not give her any thrill or excitement. One day, Marie meets Olivier Dumas-Beaulieu, a handsome industrialist, who is in the process of leaving his fiancée Corinne, despite her being pregnant by him. It is easy for the confirmed womanizer he is, to seduce Marie, who very foolishly thinks she has found true love. Shortly afterward Charles is shot dead by Olivier while the two men were having a quarrel about Marie. The latter, who finds the corpse, believes her husband has committed suicide. Which is not the police's opinion and Marie is arrested and condemned to ten years in prison. Annihilated by such unfair treatment and, worse, by the separation from her beloved eight-year-old daughter, she still manages to survive and to serve her sentence.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gaby Morlay
Marie Leroux
Jean Marchat
Olivier Dumas-Beaulieu
Henri Nassiet
Doctor Charles Leroux
Jacqueline Porel
Corinne Martinage
René Blancard
Joseph, chauffeur
Catherine Damet
Agnès Leroux at 18
Mona Dol
Director of the boarding school
Cécilia Paroldi
Juliette

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean Stelli
Writers: Françoise Giroud
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jean Stelli, shot by René Gaveau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrée Danis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gaby Morlay and Jean Marchat and Henri Nassiet carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0201769 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jean Stelli directs. René Gaveau behind the camera. Andrée Danis cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Jean Stelli, shot by René Gaveau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Andrée Danis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gaby Morlay and Jean Marchat and Henri Nassiet carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0201769 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.