Désiré

Dec 3, 1937

1h 32m

★ 6.6

Overview

Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director's real-life wife, Jacqueline Delubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree class farce filled with memorable supporting characters, Désiré blurs the distinction between upstairs and downstairs.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cinéas

Désiré Trailers

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Cast

Désiré

Sacha Guitry

Odette Cléry

Jacqueline Delubac

Félix

Jacques Baumer

Adèle

Pauline Carton

Adrien

Saturnin Fabre

la comtesse

Geneviève Vix

Madeleine

Arletty

Henriette Corniche, femme d'Adrien

Alys Delonde

Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in keeping with the age and character of the characters, to give it rhythm. At once "a comic baroque play, a bourgeois drama, a chansonnier's number, a social satire, a farce and a very pretty love story" according to Marcel Bluwal, it can also be summed up, according to Beaumarchais, as "the most bantering of intrigues".

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