Luce Dassas
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Department: Acting
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The Hunting Ground
Overview: In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Manon of the Spring
Overview: Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-01-16
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Ugolin
Overview: Manon has blocked the spring that feeds the village, whose inhabitants she hates. They gradually become aware of the evil they have done to her and try to obtain her forgiveness…
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-01-16
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Croesus
Overview: Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be his wife. One day, Jules comes across an unexploded bomb lying on the ground in open countryside. After a few foolhardy attempts to set the bomb off, Jules makes a surprising discovery. It is filled with thousands of bank notes…
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-09-21
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The Case of Dr. Laurent
Overview: Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are proven sound when unwed mother Nicole Courcel gives birth within Gabin's methodology. The childbirth sequence is filmed straight-on with a delicate combination of taste and frankness. Nonetheless, the lurid ad campaign of Cas Du Dr. Laurent sensationalized this sequence all out of proportion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-04-03
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