La Vieille dame indigne (1965)

La Vieille dame indigne is a French film comedy-drama first released in 1965, directed by René Allio.  The film stars Sylvie, Victor Lanoux, Malka Ribowska, François Maistre and Etienne Bierry.  It has also been released under the title: The Shameless Old Lady.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies.  She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles.  Albert hopes to use the money that his father left to save his business from bankruptcy.  Gaston is equally determined to get his hands on his father’s money, by getting his mother to move in with him.  However, Berthe has no intention of handing over the money and decides that, for the first time in her life, she will live for herself.  She intends to see something of the world, so she buys a car and starts making new friends...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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I saw this film some forty years ago and found the sensitive, tender way in which Allio narrates the life of the widowed old lady simply enchanting. For years I have been hoping to find it again on dvd and am not giving up.
Rita Ehrhardt (Rome, Italy)

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