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Le Mariage de Chiffon
1942 Drama / Comedy / History
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Credits
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Director: Claude Autant-Lara
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Script: Jean Aurenche, Marcel Blondeau, based on a novel by Gyp
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Photo: Philippe Agostini, Jean Isnard
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Music: Roger Désormières
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Cast: Odette Joyeux (Corysande 'Chiffon'),
André Luguet (Le duc d'Aubières),
Jacques Dumesnil (Max de Bray),
Pierre Larquey (Jean),
Robert Le Vigan (L'huissier),
Suzanne Dantès (Madame de Bray),
Louis Seigner (Philippe de Bray),
Georges Vitray (Van Doren),
Bernard Blier (Le garçon d'hôtel),
Jean Boissemond,
Raymond Bussières (Marcel Férez),
Monette Dinay (Alice de Liron),
France Ellys (Sophie),
Luce Fabiole (La couturière),
Richard Francoeur (Léon)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 103 min; B&W
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Summary
Chiffon, a young lady from a respectable aristocratic family, finds herself torn between
the man she loves - her impecunious uncle - and the man her mother has selected for her
- a well-connected military man. Will she be lucky in love?
Review
Le Mariage de Chiffon is the first of three historical satires directed by Claude
Autant-Lara during World War II - the others being Lettres
d’amour (1942) and Douce
(1943). All three films starred the petite Odette Joyeux, who gives an extraordinarily
moving performance in each film. Having worked with Maurice Lehmann for a time,
most notably on the farce Fric-Frac
(1939), Autant-Lara found his own style with this popular "Joyeux trilogy".
His well-honed satire reveals an intense dislike for the conventions of the aristocracy
and Bourgeoisie - a sentiment which most ordinary people would have shared at the time.
© James Travers 2003
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