Summary Noel Annequin is the black sheep of a social-climbing bourgeois family who married for love and stayed in the country while his professional brothers were improving their social position. When his beloved wife, dying of an incurable disease, begs him to end her misery, he finally agrees, but his desire to atone for his "crime" runs afoul of his heartless family, and all would be lost without his rebellious niece, played by 22-year-old Jeanne Moreau. View more details
Directed : Richard Pottier
Written : Henri Jeanson Maurice Barry Charles Plisnier
Stars : Fernandel Mireille Perrey Jacques Varennes Colette Mareuil
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 9, 1950
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Production companies : Cité Films Fidès
Summary Noel Annequin is the black sheep of a social-climbing bourgeois family who married for love and stayed in the country while his professional brothers were improving their social position. When his beloved wife, dying of an incurable disease, begs him to end her misery, he finally agrees, but his desire to atone for his "crime" runs afoul of his heartless family, and all would be lost without his rebellious niece, played by 22-year-old Jeanne Moreau. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 9, 1950
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Production companies : Cité Films Fidès