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The Damned Lovers

1952 film

The Damned Lovers (French: Les amants maudits) is a 1952 French crime film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam and Ginette Baudin. A film noir it has been described as post-Liberation French Bonnie and Clyde story".[1] It attracted audiences of around 1.1 million at the French domestic box office.[2]

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Synopsis

A cafe waiter reads crime novels and dreams of being a somebody. In order to impress his girlfriend he steals a car and becomes a real-life gangster.

Cast

  • Danièle Roy as Jacky
  • Robert Berri as Paul Morelli
  • Denise Cardi as Maryse
  • Jacques Dynam as Raoul
  • René Alié as Giaccomidi
  • Ginette Baudin as Tamara
  • Georges Tourreil as Le directeur de la PJ
  • Jean Lara as le directeur de Sport-Films
  • Maurice Bénard as l'inspecteur Mavraux
  • Marco Villa as Dédé
  • Milly Mathis as La marseillaise
  • Yves Furet as Léo

References

  1. [1]
    Walker-Morrison p.44
  2. [2]
    Walker-Morrison p.224

Bibliography

  • Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.


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