Psychological drama - 1948 - B/W
Director : Henri-Georges CLOUZOT
105 minutes
Visa # 6 974
Isan # 0000-0000-4682-0000-9-0000-0000-A
Production : Sud Pacifique Film
Distribution : Les Films du Jeudi
With : Cécile AUBRY, Michel AUCLAIR, Serge REGGIANI, Gabrielle DORZIAT
Golden Bear award, Venice Film festival, 1949.
Georges Méliès Prize, 1949.
Based upon L'Abbé Prévost's novel.
Restoration in 2 K with the support of the CNC
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SUMMARY
A daring modern retelling of Abbé Prevost’s classic 18th century novel, “Manon Lescaut.” In the moral confusion of the Liberation of France, young Manon prostitutes herself and corrupts a young Resistance fighter, Robert, who becomes a black marketer to satisfy her need for luxury. When Robert, on the run for murder, joins a group of Holocaust survivors illegally bound for Palestine, she unhesitatingly accompanies him — they go to their deaths in the desert.
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