La Marie du port
| La Marie du port | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Marcel Carné |
| Produced by | Sacha Gordine |
| Written by |
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes Jacques Prévert (uncredited) Georges Simenon (novel) Marcel Carné (adaptation) Louis Chavance (adaptation) |
| Starring |
Jean Gabin Blanchette Brunoy Nicole Courcel |
| Music by | Joseph Kosma |
| Cinematography | Henri Alekan |
| Edited by | Léonide Azar |
Production company |
Films Sacha Gordine |
| Distributed by | Les Films Corona |
Release dates | 25 February 1950 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Marie du port (English: Marie of the Port) is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by Marcel Carné. The screenplay was written by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and Jacques Prévert, based on a novel by Georges Simenon. The music score is by Joseph Kosma and the cinematography by Henri Alekan. It was filmed on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France.
Plot
Henri, owner of a busy brasserie and cinema in Cherbourg, takes the easy-going Odile who lives with him to the funeral of her father in Port-en-Bessin. The two are bored with each other. He waits for her in a café where he is taken with a new waitress called Marie, unaware that she is Odile’s tough little sister. He buys an old trawler in Port-en-Bessin, which he visits often to oversee its restoration and to pursue Marie. She has a young admirer called Marcel who gets drunk and is knocked down by Henri’s car. Henri takes the lad to his apartment in Cherbourg, where Odile can look after him. One day the provocative Marie turns up at Cherbourg, tantalising Henri but not giving in. Tired of trying to seduce her, he takes her to Marcel’s room, where they find Odile in bed with him. Disgusted with all three, Marie gets a bus home. A phone call from there about his boat warns Henri that Marie has been threatening to throw herself into the sea. He drives over in haste and she tells him she can in fact swim like a fish. As a last effort at winning her, he slips the keys to his business into her victorious hand.
Background
The contemporary US-American version was significantly edited and is subsequently palpably shorter.[1]
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Henri Chatelard
- Blanchette Brunoy as Odile Le Flem
- Nicole Courcel as Marie Le Flem
- René Blancard as Dorchain
- Odette Laure as Françoise
- Jane Marken as Madame Josselin, café owner
- Julien Carette as Thomas Viau
- Claude Romain as Marcel Viaud
- Louis Seigner as Jules
- Robert Vattier
- Joël Hamond
- Georges Vitray
- Georges Galley
- Olivier Hussenot
- Gabrielle Fontan
- Marie-Louise Godard
- Jacky Blanchot
- Germaine Michel
- Jean Clarieux
- Charles Mahieu
- Martial Rebe
- Emile Drain
- Louise Fouquet
- Jeanne Véniat
- Yvonne Yma
- Henri Niel
- Camille Guérini
- Christian Fourcade
- René Hell
- Jean-François Bailly
- Roger Vieuille
- Jean Bertho
- Paul Violette
- Marcel Rouze
- Robert Fretel
- Maurice Derville
- Roland Lesaffre (scenes deleted)
References
- ↑ "Marie of the Port". Retrieved April 7, 2013.
External links
- La Marie du port at the Internet Movie Database
- La Marie du port at AllMovie
- La Marie du port at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- La Marie du port at Le Cinema Francais (French)