Les parents terribles (film)
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| Directed by | Jean Cocteau |
| Produced by | Francis Cosne, Alexandre Mnouchkine |
| Written by | Jean Cocteau |
| Narrated by | Jean Cocteau |
| Starring | Jean Marais, Yvonne de Bray, Gabrielle Dorziat, Marcel André, Josette Day |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Editing by | Jacqueline Sadoul |
| Distributed by | Les Films Ariane (Paris) |
| Release date(s) | 1 December 1948 (France); 1950 (USA) |
| Running time | 105 |
| Language | French |
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Les parents terribles is a 1948 black and white film adaptation of the stage play Les parents terribles by Jean Cocteau. Cocteau also directed and wrote the screenplay for the film, which was also known under the English title The Storm Within.
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[edit] Plot
In a grand apartment, where the disorder of an elderly couple and the order of old aunt Léonie are mixed together, Michel is the pampered child of this strange "roulotte" who seems to be rolling away from the world. Yvonne idolizes her son so much she forgets her husband. She would even forget herself if she did not have to take care of his insulin treatment...
When Michel sleeps out for the first time, he vows to his mother (who he nicknames "Sophie") that he loves Madeleine, a young woman who he wishes to present to her. At first reticent, then jealous and exclusive, Yvonne ends up capitulating before her son's sorrow and his sister Léonie's insistence. In the meantime, we discover that Madeleine already has an "old" lover who she wants to break up with, who is none other than Georges, Michel's father... Aunt Léo attempts to bring order to this tragic comedy of life...
[edit] Cast
- Jean Marais : Michel
- Yvonne de Bray : "Sophie" (Yvonne)
- Gabrielle Dorziat : "Léo" (Léonie)
- Marcel André : Georges
- Josette Day : Madeleine
- Jean Cocteau : Narrator (voiceover)
[edit] Crew
- Director : Jean Cocteau
- Scenario : Jean Cocteau after his play of the same name
- Adaptor : Jean Cocteau
- Dialogue : Jean Cocteau
- Assistant directors : Claude Pinoteau, Raymond Leboursier
- Music : Georges Auric
- Photography : Michel Kelber
- Camera operator : Henri Tiquet
- Still photographer : Roger Corbeau
- Sound engineer : Antoine Archimbaud
- Artistic director : Christian Bérard
- Assistant decorator : Guy de Gastyne
- Make-up : Alexandre Marcus, Boris de Fast
- Script : Rosy Jégou
- Film editor : Jacqueline Sadoul (Jacqueline Douarinou)
- Unit production manager : Francis Cosne, Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Publicity : Clément Hurel
[edit] Production
At the time of shooting the final sequence (where one sees the apartment elongating), an incident nudged the camera. John Cocteau kept the sequence, transforming the problem into an advantage and commenting on that the drama had unfolded itself in this "roulotte" in a jerky way...
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