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Le Plaisir (1952)
Directed by Max Ophüls
Overview
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece’s communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Claude Dauphin | Gaby Morlay | Madeleine Renaud | Ginette Leclerc | Mila Parély | Danielle Darrieux | Pierre Brasseur | Jean Gabin | Jean Servais | Daniel Gélin | Simone Simon | Amédée | Paul Azaïs | Antoine Balpêtré | René Blancard | Henri Crémieux | Gaby Bruyère | Mathilde Casadesus | Arthur Devère | Paulette Dubost | Jean Galland | Jocelyne Jany | Robert Lombard | Héléna Manson | Marcel Pérès | Jean Meyer | Louis Seigner | Michel Vadet | Janine Viénot | Charles Vissières | Peter Ustinov | Adolf Wohlbrück