Summary
Claude is unhappy at having just broken up with the woman of his
life. Over dinner one evening his five friends try to lift his
spirits by relating their own amorous misfortunes. The surgeon
was seduced by a cabaret artiste who was his lodger but didn’t pay her
rent. The theatre manager thought that his paramour was the
author of the plays she asked him to put on stage; in fact, the plays
were written by her husband, whom she wanted to succeed. The
industrialist was in love with a humble secretary, but she let him
down. The lawyer was deeply in love with a female sculptor, who
left him for her work. The painter pretended to be dead after he
saw his wife having an affair with his best friend. But maybe
there is still hope for Claude and the woman he loves the most...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Robert Vernay
- Script: Yves Mirande
- Photo: Roger Hubert
- Music: Maurice Yvain
- Cast: Arletty (La locataire), Mireille Balin (Jane), Lucien Baroux (Le peintre), René Lefèvre (L’industriel), André Luguet (L’avocat), Noël-Noël (Le médecin), Raymond Rouleau (L’auteur), Jean Tissier (Le directeur), Michèle Alfa (La femme sculpteur), Raymond Aimos (Le modèle), Simone Berriau (La veuve), René Bergeron (Le concierge), Bernard Blier (L’employé des Pompes Funèbres), Renée Devillers (La dactylo)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min; B&W
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