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Pétrus
1946 Drama / Romance
Review
An excellent cast (which includes some of the biggest French actors of
the day) elevates this humdrum melodrama to something that just about
passes for entertainment. Marc Allégret’s direction is
competent but hardly inspired, and Marcel Achard’s screen adaptation of
his own stage play is flat and unevenly paced. Fortunately, some
pleasing performances from the lead actors save the day. Brasseur makes a convincing Don Juan, as smooth as a chocolate milkshake, and only slightly less sick-making. Simone Simon is an obvious casting choice for the part of the lovelorn ingénue; the actress had only recently returned to France after her spell in Hollywood, taking a walk on the wild side with such films as Cat People (1942). In one of his early dramatic roles, Fernandel demonstrates that he can play more than just vaudevillian parts in low budget comedies, allowing him to win more challenging roles in the years that followed. © filmsdefrance.com 2009 Write a review for this film... User Comments
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Director:
Marc Allégret
Starring: Fernandel, Simone Simon, Marcel Dalio, Pierre Brasseur, Dominique Brevan Synopsis
One evening, Migo, a dancer at a Montmartre nightclub, decides to take
her revenge on her cheating boyfriend, Rodrigue. She fires two
shots with her revolver, but she misses her target and instead wounds a
passer-by, a man named Petrus. When the latter refuses to press
charges, Rodrigue slips him a wad of cash, which, unbeknown to Petrus,
are forged banknotes. When Petrus decides to spend the cash in
the nightclub where Migo works, Rodrigue contrives to get the money
back. Petrus is determined to make Migo happy and, realising that
she loves only one man, she blackmails Rodrigue into carrying on his
love affair with her, even though he is planning to run off with
another woman...
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