The Girls of the Rhône

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The Girls of the Rhône
File:The Girls of the Rhône.jpg
Directed by Jean-Paul Paulin
Produced by Léon Beytout
René Pignières
Written by Jean des Vallières
Starring Annie Ducaux
Daniel Lecourtois
Alexandre Rignault
Music by Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by Jean Mondollot
Production
company
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Distributed by Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release dates
20 April 1938
Running time
110 minutes
Country France
Language French

The Girls of the Rhône (French: Les filles du Rhône) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Annie Ducaux, Daniel Lecourtois and Alexandre Rignault.[1] It was nominated for the Grand prix du cinéma français but lost out to Alert in the Mediterranean.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin.

Synopsis

In the Camargue region at the mouth of the River Rhône, an impoverished aristocrat attempts to marry off his eldest daughter to a wealthy man who she does not love.

Cast

References

  1. Rège p.799
  2. Crisp p.378

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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