Mademoiselle ma mère (My Mother Is a Miss) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin,[1] and starring Danielle Darrieux,[2] Pierre Brasseur and Pierre Larquey. The screenplay was written by Jean Boyer, based on a play by Louis Verneuil. The music score is by Georges Van Parys.
| Mademoiselle ma mère | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Henri Decoin |
| Produced by | Arys Nissotti |
| Starring | Danielle Darrieux Pierre Brasseur Pierre Larquey |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Edited by | Marguerite Beaugé |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | Régina |
| Distributed by | American Tobis Company (USA, 1937) J.H. Hoffberg Company (USA, 1939) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
It tells the story of a rich young girl who avoids the sex with her older husband and falls in love with her stepson. The film was remade as Novio, marido y amante (1948) in Argentina.
Plot
editJaqueline's father is tired of her free spirit life, and to make things worst she just broke up with her fourteenth fiancé and they argue about it. In order to upset her daddy even more the young lady decided to marry Albert Letournel, a wealthy man who is in his fifties.
References
edit- ^ De Becque, Antoine; Toubiana, Serge (2000), Truffaut: A Biography, University of California Press, p. 21, ISBN 0520225244.
- ^ "Released for Publication", Life, p. 80, November 29, 1937, retrieved 2013-02-14.
External links
edit- Mademoiselle ma mère at IMDb
- Mademoiselle ma mère at AllMovie
- Mademoiselle ma mère at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- Mademoiselle ma mère at Le Cinema Francais (in French)
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