Les Roquevillard (1943)

Les Roquevillard is a French film first released in 1943, directed by Jean Dréville.  The film is based on a novel by Henry Bordeaux and stars Charles Vanel, Aimé Clariond, Jean Pâqui, Mila Parély and Yolande Laffon.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


France, 1880.  François Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambéry and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals.  How rapidly does François’s world begin to fall apart when his son Maurice elopes to Italy with Edith Frasne, the wife of an esteemed notary.  When Frasne discovers that 200,000 francs has been stolen from his safe, he immediately files a lawsuit against Maurice.  As the high society of Chambéry turns its back on the Roquevillards, Maurice’s sister Marguerite has to end her relationship with Raymond Bercy and François’s wife Valentine dies through shame.  Yet through all this François still clings to the belief that his son is innocent...
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