The Lovers of Pont Saint Jean

The Lovers of Pont Saint Jean (French: Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean) is a 1947 French comedy drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Michel Simon, Gaby Morlay and Nadine Alari.[1] It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was filmed at the Boulogne Studios in Paris while location shooting took place on the River Rhône. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex.

The Lovers of Pont Saint Jean
Directed byHenri Decoin
Written byJean Aurenche
René Wheeler
Produced byGustave Jif
Adolphe-Abraham Landau
StarringMichel Simon
Gaby Morlay
Nadine Alari
CinematographyJacques Lemare
Edited byYvonne Martin
Music byHenri Verdun
Production
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D.U.C.
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release date
  • 24 December 1947 (1947-12-24)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Plot

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Pilou and Augusta are in love, but Augusta's father, the conservative mayor of the city, does not look upon their relationship kindly. His reprobation is directed less at the boy himself than at his parents, Maryse and Alcide Garonne, who are living together unmarried. Pilou and Augusta run away, and the mayor finally accept their union provided that the Pilou's parents regularize their situation through marriage. This they do, but after their marriage, the lovers separate. Finally, Pilou's mother falls and dies on the bank of the Rhone, and Alcide, overwhelmed with grief, throws himself into the river.

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References

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  1. ^ Sieglohr p.60
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2009.

Bibliography

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  • Sieglohr, Ulrike (ed.) Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-51. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.
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