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The Girl's Dead, Man
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The Girl's Dead, Man

1974-01-16 · 90 min · ★ 3.3

Adventure · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime "qui tue les mouches et deguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.

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Directors
Daniel Daërt
Production companies
La Compagnie Parisienne de Films, Reda productions
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nicole ChomoClemence
Christian DurocToine
Pierre ForgetPierre ForgetMr. Deroze
François GuillaumeCaptain
Catherine LabordeCatherine LabordeSlattern
Marielle OllivierIda
Marie Hélène RègneMarie Hélène RègneMaxime
Catherine Rouchon
Claudia CosteClaudia Coste
Jerry Di GiacomoJerry Di Giacomo
Anne Dolans
Michel BlancMichel Blanc
Edith Ker
Colette Mareuil
Nadia VasilNadia Vasil
Nadia Verine
Gilda ArancioGilda Arancio

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