God's Thunder or Le Tonnerre de Dieu is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier.

Le Tonnerre de Dieu
Directed byDenys de La Patellière
(as Denys de La Patelliere)
Written byDenys de La Patetllère
(as Denys de La Patelliere)
(adaptation)
Pascal Jardin
(adaptation)
Pascal Jardin
(dialogue)
Screenplay byDenys de La Patellère
(as Denys de La Patelliere)
Pascal Jardin
Based onBernard Clavel (novel)
Produced byRaymond Danon
StarringJean Gabin
Michèle Mercier
CinematographyWalter Wottitz
Edited byClaude Durand
Music byGeorges Garvarentz
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Les Films Copernic
Gloria-Film GmbH
Fida Cinematografica
Distributed byComacico
Release date
  • 8 September 1965 (1965-09-08)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
LanguageFrench
Box office3,593,724 admissions (France)

Plot

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Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassac picks up a prostitute, Simone, in Nantes, the local town, and takes her back home. Although disgusted with Brassac's behaviour, Simone enjoys life on his farm and contrives to heal the rift between Brassac and his wife.

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Reception

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It was the seventh most popular film of 1965 in France, after The Sucker, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Gendarme in New York, Mary Poppins and Fantomas Unleashed. [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1965 Box Office". Box Office Story.
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