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Le blanc et le noir

  • 19311931
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
118
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Le blanc et le noir (1931)
  • Comedy
Marguerite Desnoyers wonders why her husband Marcel goes traveling so often: for business as he claims? Or to cheat on her, as she suspected? She gradually becomes convince that he has mistr... Read allMarguerite Desnoyers wonders why her husband Marcel goes traveling so often: for business as he claims? Or to cheat on her, as she suspected? She gradually becomes convince that he has mistresses, then decides to return the favor. On a dark night, she gives herself to a total str... Read allMarguerite Desnoyers wonders why her husband Marcel goes traveling so often: for business as he claims? Or to cheat on her, as she suspected? She gradually becomes convince that he has mistresses, then decides to return the favor. On a dark night, she gives herself to a total stranger. Nine months later she gives birth to...a Black baby. Marcel, her husband, goes trav... Read all
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118
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  • Directors
    • Marc Allégret
    • Robert Florey
  • Writer
    • Sacha Guitry(play)
  • Stars
    • Raimu
    • André Alerme
    • Louis Baron fils
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  • Directors
    • Marc Allégret
    • Robert Florey
  • Writer
    • Sacha Guitry(play)
  • Stars
    • Raimu
    • André Alerme
    • Louis Baron fils
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    Raimu
    Raimu
    • Marcel Desnoyers
    André Alerme
    André Alerme
    • George Samoy
    • (as Alerme)
    Louis Baron fils
    Louis Baron fils
    • H. Massicourt - Le père de Marguerite'
    • (as Baron Fils)
    Charles Lamy
    Charles Lamy
    • Le docteur Leclerc
    Louis Kerly
    • Arthur
    • (as L. Kerly)
    Fernandel
    Fernandel
    • Le groom vierge
    Paul Pauley
    Paul Pauley
    • M. Timiriou - le chef de bureau
    • (as Pauley)
    Suzanne Dantès
    • Marguerite Desnoyers
    Irène Wells
    • Peggy Samoy
    Charlotte Clasis
    • Mme Massicaut
    Pauline Carton
    Pauline Carton
    • Marie - la bonne
    Monette Dinay
    Monette Dinay
    • Joséphine
    Les Jackson Girls
    • Elles-mêmes - dans leur numéro
    Marino
    Norris
    Raymond Ceccaldi
      • Directors
        • Marc Allégret
        • Robert Florey
      • Writer
        • Sacha Guitry(play) (screenplay)
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        Monette Dinay's debut.

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      3/10
      Downright racist,sorry!
      It was the first takies ;most of the French movies looked like filmed stage productions ; neither Marc Allégret nor Robert Florey (who would make "the beast with five fingers later on) is able to really transfer a play to the screen ; it will take the playwright himself to do his plays justice .

      This play has not worn well ;that the first baby is never shown speaks volumes about the thirties zeitgeist ; the film is not really racy :after all ,the heroine , wanted to take revenge on her husband ,always away for his would be business, and she had chosen the bell boy (Fernandel ,a virgin lad who asks his first lover how to go about making love) ;but in the dark ,she makes the fatal mistake .

      Not racy,but downright racist and do not get me wrong : I love Guitry's tremendous wit ,but would you show this old hat stuff to a black friend? You certainly wouldn't ,not only for the way everyone treats the baby ,but also for the offensive words galore.It's another era , OK , but it does not make up for the bad taste and some hints (there are plenty of "those" babies in state care);the ending is distastefully bourgeois ,which is all the more infuriating since you know how great the denouements were in Guitry's works ("le roman d'un tricheur" notably)
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      • Release date
        • March 27, 1931 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Black and White
      • Filming locations
        • Studios de Billancourt - 50 Quai du Point du Jour, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
      • Production company
        • Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 46 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.20 : 1

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