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Lovers of Paris is a french film of genre Drama directed by Julien Duvivier released in USA on 27 october 1958 with Gérard Philipe

Lovers of Paris (1957)

Lovers of Paris
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Released in USA 27 october 1958
Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating69% 3.472833.472833.472833.472833.47283

Lovers of Paris (original title Pot-Bouille, "Stew Pot") is a 1957 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Gérard Philipe. It is based on the novel Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola.

The film is in black and white, and filmed in 35 mm film. It premiered in France on October 18, 1957.

It was the second film Duvivier directed based on a novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, the first being Au Bonheur des Dames in 1930.

Synopsis

A young provincial, Octave Mouret, arrives in Paris during the Second Empire. Madame Josserand, a society woman who thinks of little other than marrying off her daughter Berthe, sets her sights on him. But Octave has already turned his attention to the married Madame Hédouin, who runs a large department store, "Au Bonheur des Dames", where he is hired as a salesman. She is beautiful, but remains distant despite Octave's efforts to be noticed. Upset, Madame Josserand forces Berthe, against her will, to marry Auguste Vabre, a shopkeeper with little money. Berthe soon becomes Octave's mistress, and Octave applies his commercial talents to straightening out Auguste's finances. Madame Hédouin, now widowed, then realizes the business and romantic possibilities with her handsome young salesman.

Actors

Gérard Philipe

(Octave Mouret)
Danielle Darrieux

(Caroline Hédouin)
Dany Carrel

(Berthe Josserand)
Jane Marken

(Eléonore Josserand)
Jacques Duby

(Auguste Vabre)
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Les Rougon-Macquart

Nana (1926) L'Argent (1928) The Struggle (1931) Nana (1934) La Bête Humaine (1938) Shop Girls of Paris (1943) Nana (1944) Human Desire (1954) Nana (1955) Gervaise (1956) La Bestia humana (1957) Lovers of Paris (1957) Germinal (1963) The Game Is Over (1966) Nana (1983) Nana (1985) Germinal (1993)

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