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Au royaume des cieux (1949)

Dir: Julien Duvivier         Drama       stars 3
Overview
Au royaume des cieux is a French film first released in 1949, directed by Julien Duvivier.  The film stars Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand, Suzy Prim and Christiane Lénier.  It has also been released under the title: The Sinners.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


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Synopsis
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding.  The woman who runs the centre, Madame Bardin, learns that, before coming here, Maria was in the care of various families who abused and exploited her - not an unusual occurrence.   A short while later, Madame Bardin dies and is replaced by Mademoiselle Chamblas, a sour old maid who believes that adolescents should have rebelliousness thrashed out of them.  When Chamblas learns that Marie has fallen in love with a Parisian electrician, she is incensed and immediately locks her up in the punishment cell.  Once she has been released from the cell, Maria tells her story to the other girls and assures them that Pierre will soon find a way to get her out of the centre.  Help is nearer than Maria knows.  Mademoiselle Chamblas’s reign of terror is about to come to a dramatic end...
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Credits
  • Director: Julien Duvivier
  • Script: Julien Duvivier, Henri Jeanson
  • Photo: Victor Arménise
  • Cast: Serge Reggiani (Pierre), Jean Davy (Le curé Antonin), Monique Mélinand (Mademoiselle Guérande), Suzy Prim (Mademoiselle Chamblas), Christiane Lénier (Dédée), Suzanne Cloutier (Maria), Nadine Basile (Gaby), Liliane Maigné (Margot), Colette Deréal (Lucienne), Nicole Besnard (Anna), Liliane Roger (Rosa), Renée Cosima (Camille), Sylvie Serliac (Henriette), Ludmilla Hols (Clarisse), Juliette Gréco (Rachel), Janine Villard (Marcelle)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 108 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Sinners; Woman Hunt


 
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