Jean Bonnard, clean-cut industrialist and the only son of a widow, goes to visit his mother in the small village where she lives. However, early in the morning the police arrive to arrest him, accusing the man of having murdered the old banker who'd made advances towards his girlfriend. Jean's mother is eager to aid her son, whom she believes is innocent. Said Epstein of his film: "I shot small landscapes in Livilliers which seemed to me-- in their reality, I mean-- very large".
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Cast
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France Dhélia
Blanche
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The Bachelor Girl
The Sultan of Love
René Ferté
Jean Bonnard
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The Three-Sided Mirror
Mauprat
Jean Epstein
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Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself
Gaston Roudès
Irma Perrot
Jean's mother
Also in
The Late Mathias Pascal
L'Assommoir
Nino Constantini
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Mauprat
Six and a Half by Eleven
Pierre Hot
Le juge d'instruction
Known for
The Fall of the House of Usher
Camille Brabant
L'avocat
Jean Epstein Director
Worldwide gross $71M · Budget $175K · United States release March 17, 2016
Box office
Budget
$175,000
Worldwide gross
$71,000,000
Gross vs. budget
405.7×
Production
France
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Original title
Sa tête
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · January 1, 1929
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 2016
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
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