One Only Loves Once (French: On n'aime qu'une fois) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Françoise Rosay, Renée Faure and Marcel Herrand.[1] [2] It was based on a novel by Paul Vialar.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

One Only Loves Once
Directed byJean Stelli
Written byJean Le Vitte
Michel Audiard
Charles Exbrayat
Based onLa Caille by Paul Vialar
Produced byRené Dary
Aimé Frapin
Hervé Missir
StarringFrançoise Rosay
Renée Faure
Marcel Herrand
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Edited byAndrée Laurent
Music byLouiguy
Production
companies
Consortium de Productions de Films
Ciné Reportages
Distributed byConsortium du Film
Release date
  • 9 June 1950 (1950-06-09)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Danièle, a young woman, dreams of marrying her childhood friend Jean Monnier. His mother wishing to prevent the match sends him away to Paris to study to become a surgeon. Left alone Danièle is forced to marry the only suitor available, who subsequently takes her money and abandons her. In order to bring back her true love to her she arranges to be injured.

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Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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