Les Aristocrates is a French film comedy-drama first released in 1955, directed by Denys de La Patellière.  The film is based on a novel by Michel de Saint-Pierre and stars Pierre Fresnay, Brigitte Auber, François Guérin, Georges Descrières and Yolande Laffon.  It has also been released under the title: The Aristocrats.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


The Marquis de Maubrun is an aristocrat who is proud of his family traditions.  A widower, he lives with his six children in his large family home, a relic of a time long past.  The Marquis finds it hard to move with the times and cannot comprehend the behaviour of his children.  He finds himself in opposition to his daughter Daisy, who is in love with a parvenu; his eldest son, Arthur, is a workaholic business man; the youngest son, Pierre, is a wayward student.  One day, the father receives a visit from a solicitor, sent by his children to arrange their inheritance...
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