The Girl's Dead, Man
4.9
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.
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Cast
27 people
Nicole Chomo
Clemence
Known for
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Christian Duroc
Toine
Also in
The Leatherstocking Tales
Line Up and Lay Down
Vladimir Cosma
Daniel Daërt
Also in
Chaleurs
Pierre Forget
Mr. Deroze
Known for
The Vanishing
Three Colors: Blue
Noëlle Balenci
Jacques Valois
René Lévy-Balenci
François Guillaume
Captain
Also in
The Wing or the Thigh?
Exorcism
Georges Strouvé
Catherine Laborde
Slattern
Also in
Cousin, Cousine
Voyage to Grand Tartarie
Marielle Ollivier
Ida
Also in
Sensuous Doll
Hot and Blue
Daniel Daërt Director · Jacques Valois Writer Vladimir Cosma Composer
First release January 16, 1974 · Produced in France · Production Reda productions
Production
La Compagnie Parisienne de Films
Production
Reda productions
Production
France
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Original title
Les Filles de Malemort
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 16, 1974
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