📜 Overview:
A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime "qui tue les mouches et deguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
1974-01-16
⌚ Running Time:
90 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
2.5
Beloved Cast
Clemence
Nicole Chomo
Toine
Christian Duroc
Mr. Deroze
Pierre Forget
Captain
François Guillaume
Slattern
Catherine Laborde
Ida
Marielle Ollivier
Maxime
Marie Hélène Règne
Catherine Rouchon
Claudia Coste
Jerry Di Giacomo
Anne Dolans
Michel Blanc
Edith Ker
Colette Mareuil
Nadia Vasil
Nadia Verine
Gilda Arancio
