The Girl's Dead, Man

Jan 16, 1974

1h 30m

★ 2.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

La Compagnie Parisienne de Films

Reda productions

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Cast

Clemence

Nicole Chomo

Toine

Christian Duroc

Mr. Deroze

Pierre Forget

Captain

François Guillaume

Slattern

Catherine Laborde

Ida

Marielle Ollivier

Maxime

Marie Hélène Règne

Catherine Rouchon

Claudia Coste

Jerry Di Giacomo

Anne Dolans

Michel Blanc

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