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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
103 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude ChabrolDirector
- Claude ChabrolScreenplay
- Paul MisrakiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gérard BlainCharles
- Jean-Claude BrialyPaul
- Juliette MaynielFlorence
- Guy DecombleLe libraire
- Geneviève ClunyGeneviève
- Michèle MéritzYvonne
- Corrado GuarducciItalian Count Minerva
- Stéphane AudranFrançoise
- Paul BiscigliaMarc
- Jeanne PérezLa femme de ménage
- Françoise VatelMartine
- André ChanalCast
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Themes
paris, francebookshoplove trianglecousincelebrationlaw studentdecadencedrunkennesscity cousinbad influencecorruptive influence