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The Mirror Has Two Faces is a french film of genre Drama directed by André Cayatte released in USA on 26 may 1959 with Michèle Morgan
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958)
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Add to a movie listLe Miroir a deux faces (English title: The Mirror Has Two Faces) is a 1958 French drama film directed by André Cayatte who co-wrote screenplay with Gérard Oury, Jean Meckert and Denis Perret. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Bourvil and Ivan Desny.
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) adapted by Richard LaGravenese, starring Barbra Streisand, is based on Le Miroir à Deux Faces.
Synopsis
Pierre Tardivet, a professor, marries Marie-José Vauzange, a sensitive and intelligent girl with bad looks. Tardivet's mean spirit soon appears in their marital life, plunging Marie-José in a monotonous life. Two children are born out this marriage. Tardivet suffers a car accident and he is tended by Dr. Bosc, a famous plastic surgeon. Bosc operates on Marie-José and her transformation is total. Tardivet's meannes exacerbates as he becomes embittered and hateful towards the new looks of his wife whom he does not consider his anymore. He kills Dr. Bosc at the time when Marie-José and her sister's husband, Gérard Durieu, want to elope and restart their lives. Aware of her duties, she renounces her happiness to tend to her husband and children.Actors
Michèle Morgan
(Marie-José Vauzange-Tardivet)
André Bourvil
(Pierre Tardivet)
Gérard Oury
(docteur Bosc)
Ivan Desny
(Gérard Durieu)
Sandra Milo
(Ariane)
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