Miquette Grandier - une provinciale qui monte à Paris et y devient vedette de théâtre
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Overview. A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Director, Writer. Jean Ferry. Screenplay. Reviews.
Miquette (French: Miquette et sa mère) is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Louis Jouvet, Bourvil and Saturnin Fabre. The film was an adaptation of the play Miquette et sa mere by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, which had previously been adapted into 1934 and 1940 films. The film is set ...
Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star...
- Jean Boyer
- Lilian Harvey
In 1900, Miquette, the pretty daughter of the widow Grandier, decides to become an actress after seeing a play performed by the Monchablon theatre company. Unfortunately, Madame Grandier has other plans, knowing that the old Marquis de la Tour Mirande is eager to maker her his mistress.
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
Miquette (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This, to my mind, is a charming 'boulevard' piece involving two lovers - Bourvil and Delorme - one uncle (Fabre) and one mother (Carton) applying a joint spoke to their amorous wheel as Louis Jouvet quietly chews the scenery as a ham actor almost as bad as Charles Laughton or Donald Wolfit in their prime.
