Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955) Directed by Gilles Grangier
Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Spring, Autumn and Love
Film Synopsis
For Fernand Sarrazin, the wealthy owner of a nougat-manufacturing plant in
Montélimar in the south of France, life could not be peachier.
After saving a young orphan girl named Cécilia from drowning, he discovers
love for the first time. Despite the obvious difference in their ages,
Cécilia is equally smitten with Fernand and she readily agrees to
marry her saviour when he offers to take her as his wife. The only
fly in the ointment is Fernand's authoritarian sister-in-law Julie, a bitter
and twisted woman who has always envied her brother's success and happiness.
She intends to sabotage the union by providing Cécilia with a more
suitable lover, in the form of Jean, an impecunious young pianist.
The plan works exactly as Julie had hoped, and Cécilia is soon on
her way to Paris with her new lover. But, not long afterwards, she
returns, thoroughly repentant. The kind-hearted Fernand naturally welcomes
her back into his life, but, realising what his sister-in-law has done, he
shows the wicked Julia no such mercy...
Script: Raymond Asso (novel),
Gilles Grangier (dialogue), Henri Jeanson (dialogue),
Jean Manse (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Armand Thirard
Music: Claude Valery
Cast:Fernandel (Fernand 'Noël' Sarrazin),
Nicole Berger (Cécilia),
Andrex (Blancard),
Georges Chamarat (Bourriol),
Denise Grey (La cliente),
Gaston Rey (Antoine Sarrazin),
Maria Zanoli (Anais),
Jacqueline Noëlle (Monique),
Mag-Avril (La première commère),
Madeleine Sylvain (Mme. Calvette),
Edmond Ardisson (Le facteur),
Enrico Glori (Le maître d'hôtel),
Julien Maffre (Le lampiste),
René Worms (Le voyageur),
Geo Georgey (Le boucher),
Jenny Hélia (La cliente des négociants),
Marthe Marty (La deuxième commère),
Viviane Méry (La marchand de journaux),
Manuel Gary (Victor),
Philippe Nicaud (Jean Balestra)
Country: France / Italy
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:Spring, Autumn and Love
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