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Miroir

  • 19471947
  • 1h 30m
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6.5/10
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Miroir (1947)
  • Drama
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
94
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  • Director
    • Raymond Lamy
  • Writers
    • Paul Ollivier(screenplay)
    • Carlo Rim(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jean Gabin
    • Antonin Berval
    • Daniel Gélin
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  • Director
    • Raymond Lamy
  • Writers
    • Paul Ollivier(screenplay)
    • Carlo Rim(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jean Gabin
    • Antonin Berval
    • Daniel Gélin
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    • 2User reviews
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    Jean Gabin
    Jean Gabin
    • Le financier Pierre Lussacas Le financier Pierre Lussac…
    Antonin Berval
    • Folcoas Folco
    Daniel Gélin
    Daniel Gélin
    • Charles Lussacas Charles Lussac
    Gisèle Préville
    • Anna Lussacas Anna Lussac
    Henri Crémieux
    Henri Crémieux
    • Saint-Eloias Saint-Eloi
    Robert Arnoux
    • Leroy-Garnieras Leroy-Garnier
    René Blancard
    René Blancard
    • Boisrondas Boisrond
    Charles Lemontier
    Charles Lemontier
    • L'inspecteur Ballestraas L'inspecteur Ballestra
    Henri Poupon
    • L'oncleas L'oncle
    Tramel
    Tramel
    • Le baronas Le baron
    André Carnège
    • Montfort - le médecin légisteas Montfort - le médecin légiste
    Martine Carol
    Martine Carol
    • Luluas Lulu
    Fernand Sardou
    • Un membre de la bande à Folcoas Un membre de la bande à Folco
    • (as Sardou)
    Colette Richard
    • Juliette Montfortas Juliette Montfort
    Pierre Magnier
    Pierre Magnier
    • Le président du tribunalas Le président du tribunal
    Marcel Dieudonné
    • Le second de Lussacas Le second de Lussac
    Odette Barencey
    • L'habilleuseas L'habilleuse
    Jean Bérard
      • Director
        • Raymond Lamy
      • Writers
        • Paul Ollivier(screenplay)
        • Carlo Rim(adaptation and dialogue) (screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        Maryse de Brandt's debut.
      • Goofs
        The story takes place in 1935, but all the women's hair styles and clothing are strictly in the 1947 mode.
      • Soundtracks
        Je ne Sais rien de mon Amant
        Music by Maurice Yvain

        Lyrics by Louis Poterat

        Performed by Colette Mars

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      Tu Quoque Fili
      There are many different people, Livin' double lives. One for the office, And one that they take home to their wives (Ray Davies,"Yo -yo" )

      A wealthy bourgeois (Gabin) lives doubles lives ,but the first one does not take place in an office: he 's doing very illicit things involving clandestine dives and traffic .He gives to the poor,he helps the nuns to restore their cloister,he is a model to his son (Daniel Gelin),and every diner shows the perfect family (in spite of a bossy mother-in-law,masterfully portrayed by Gabrielle Dorziat),there's not one well-mannered well-meaning person in town who doesn't praise Monsieur Lussac,a well-respected man.

      The problem in this film noir is that too much time is given over to the "Mister Hyde " scenes .As they are routine gangsters stuff,they throw the movie off balance .In consequence ,the movie really takes off in the last third ,when the two worlds collide.The most memorable sequences are to be found in it:

      -the wedding,when the priest praises Monsieur Lussac ,almost comparing him to a saint.

      -the meeting with the man who "did not inform against him " twenty years ago ;which explains the "1935" at the beginning of the movie and the rather clumsy flashback.

      -the gangland killing in a cemetery which defies realism,and the hero who falls into the grave.

      The best of this uneven thriller is the way the director depicts the rats leaving the sinking ship: "good" people or villains,it's the same The son 's attitude is revealing:his career,his wife and his name are more important than a man who made him a respectable man,a lawyer.To know that he is not his real father makes him feel an immense sense of relief.He leaves him without a single world of compassion and of gratefulness.

      This is exactly the thing his old accomplice can't forgive him:" I'm an anarchist,I'm against the establishment,and you've made my son one of "them" ,one of those "bourgeois" we hated when we were young.
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      • Jun 1, 2009

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      • Release date
        • May 2, 1947 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Official site
        • Official Site - DVD
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Mirror
      • Production company
        • Alcina
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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