Pierre et Jean (1943)

Pierre et Jean is a French film first released in 1943, directed by André Cayatte.  The film is based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant and stars Renée Saint-Cyr, Noël Roquevert, Jacques Dumesnil, Gilbert Gil and Bernard Lancret.  It has also been released under the title: Pierre and Jean.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


In 1913, Alice, a young mother, is unhappily married to her vain and uncouth husband Roland, who forces her to open a shop to make a living.  She has a little boy, Pierre, who is treated by Dr Marchat after an accident.  Alice is drawn to Marchat and soon becomes his mistress.  They decide to go away together and take little Pierre away from his father.  But on the day they plan to leave, Pierre falls ill.  By the time her son has recovered, Alice has noticed her husband’s chagrin and opts to stay with him.  She ends her relationship with Marchat and he departs for a foreign land.  Soon after, Alice becomes pregnant and gives birth to another son, Jean.  Twenty years later, the family is living in the country.  Pierre, now a doctor, and Jean, a lawyer, have a troubled relationship because they are both in love with the same girl, Louise.  One day, the family receives some dramatic news.  Dr Marchat has recently died in Indochina and has left everything he owned to Jean.  This fuels Pierre’s jealousy and he becomes convinced that Jean is Marchat’s son...
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