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Lovers of Paris

Original title: Pot Bouille
  • 1957
  • 1h 55m
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Lovers of Paris (1957)
Drama

Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. His first attempts are not too successful though as he is rebuffed by V... Read allYoung, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. His first attempts are not too successful though as he is rebuffed by Valérie Vabre, the neurotic wife of the landlord of the block of flats he is accommodated i... Read allYoung, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital. His first attempts are not too successful though as he is rebuffed by Valérie Vabre, the neurotic wife of the landlord of the block of flats he is accommodated in. As for the affair he starts with Caroline Hédouin, the married owner of "Au Bonheur des... Read all

  • Director
    • Julien Duvivier
  • Writers
    • Émile Zola
    • Julien Duvivier
    • Léo Joannon
  • Stars
    • Gérard Philipe
    • Dany Carrel
    • Jacques Duby
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    490
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Julien Duvivier
    • Writers
      • Émile Zola
      • Julien Duvivier
      • Léo Joannon
    • Stars
      • Gérard Philipe
      • Dany Carrel
      • Jacques Duby
    • 7User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Gérard Philipe
    Gérard Philipe
    • Octave Mouret
    Dany Carrel
    Dany Carrel
    • Berthe Josserand
    Jacques Duby
    • Théophile Vabre
    Anouk Aimée
    Anouk Aimée
    • Marie Pichon
    Henri Vilbert
    • Narcisse Bachelard
    Jane Marken
    Jane Marken
    • Eléonore Josserand
    Jean Brochard
    Jean Brochard
    • Duveyrier
    Danielle Dumont
    • Hortense Josserand
    Olivier Hussenot
    Olivier Hussenot
    • Josserand
    George Cusin
    • Compardon
    Claude Nollier
    • Clotilde Duveyrier
    Jacques Grello
    • Auguste Vabre
    Micheline Luccioni
    Micheline Luccioni
    • Valérie Vabre
    Van Doude
    Van Doude
    • Hector Trublot
    Michèle Grellier
    Michèle Grellier
    • Fanny
    Gaston Jacquet
    Gaston Jacquet
    • Le vieux Vabre
    Denise Gence
    • Lisa
    • (as Denise Gence de la Comédie Française)
    Alexandre Rignault
    Alexandre Rignault
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    • Director
      • Julien Duvivier
    • Writers
      • Émile Zola
      • Julien Duvivier
      • Léo Joannon
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    • Trivia
      Prequel of "Au Bonheur des Dames" directed by Julien Duvivier (1930).
    • Connections
      Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Gérard Philipe

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    Truffaut said...So what?who cares?
    It's a pity people think Duvivier is a "fifties qualité France " director ,like the precedent user .Actually he was already here in the twenties and he reached summits in the thirties with such gems as "la belle équipe" "carnet DE Ball" "pépé Le moko" or "la fin Du jour".That is not to say that it was downhill afterwards.Some of his finest works came later as marvelous film noirs such as "panique" and "voici Le temps Des assassins" bear witness.

    "Pot Bouille" is precisely the "voici Le temps Des assassins" follow-up.After such an impressive work ,everything would be necessarily a letdown.And alas such is the case here.Duvivier's skill for desperate films noirs is not well applied on a Zola adaptation:"Pot Bouille" ,the 10th volume in the Rougon-Macquart saga ,is more a chronicle than a linear story.A lot of subplots interfere ,some of which have been -perhaps wisely ,because of the censorship of the era- passed over in silence:for instance,the maid who delivers her baby unbeknown st to the Bourgeois in the house is nowhere to be found in this adaptation.

    Duvivier needs a compact screenplay,and his bite is most of the time inefficient here.There are some good things though :Jane Marken ,as the bourgeois matronly woman,who desperately tries to get her daughters a beau marriage shines in every scene she's in.But Gérard Philippe is not well cast as Mouret,being not cynical enough;besides the happy end is not faithful to Zola :Mouret was to be the main hero of his following novel "au bonheur Des dames" ;but in "pot bouille" he does not occupy the central place,because of the huge amount of characters.Duvivier's approach is too polite ,too clean to deal with Zola successfully.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Jun 21, 2003

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 1957 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mutivoda
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • Paris Film Productions
      • Panitalia
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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