Clara is a young canteen worker who lives among workers on a building
site. Irresistibly attracted to these men by their physical
prowess, she gives herself willing to them. Only Tonio Borelli
manages to resist Clara's seductive charms, and this rejection serves
merely to sow the seeds of love in her heart. Clara is certain
that Tonio is the one man who can satisfy her physical and emotional
needs and she soon manages to persuade him to marry her. At
first, they live happily together in Paris, but soon, when Tonio is
away from home, Clara once again slips back into a life of vice and
becomes a prostitute...
Script: Jean-Claude Aurel,
Jacques Companéez,
Paul Andréota,
Jacques Natanson (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Roger Hubert
Music: Norbert Glanzberg
Cast:Françoise Arnoul (Clara),
Philippe Lemaire (André),
Raymond Pellegrin (Antonio 'Tonio' Borelli),
Cathérine Gora (Greta),
Antoine Balpêtré (Sébastien),
André Valmy (Le psychiatre de l'hôpital Ste Anne),
René Blancard (Le bistro),
Jean-Claude Pascal (Gino),
Paul Azaïs (Le garagiste),
Gérard Buhr (Paul),
Dominique Davray (Margot),
Georges Galley (Le camionneur),
Bob Ingarao (Un ouvrier),
Jacques Mattler (Le directeur),
Huguette Montréal (Une prostituée),
Michel Vadet (L'interne de l'hôpital sainte Anne),
Yvonne Claudie,
André Dalibert,
Jacques Dhéry,
Jean-Pierre Lorrain
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:Tempest in the Flesh
The Golden Age of French cinema
Discover the best French films of the 1930s, a decade of cinematic delights...
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.