Les Parents terribles

by Jean Cocteau19481h43FictionDrama
with Jean Marais, Yvonne De Bray, Josette Day
35 mmFrenchEnglish

A mother, Yvonne, loves her son Michel to the point of forgetting her husband and life outside. Michel, after running away, confesses to his mother that he has met a young woman, Madeleine, whom he loves and wants to introduce to her. But Madeleine is none other than his father's mistress. Yvonne, jealous, wants Michel and Madeleine's affair to end. The father suggests to Madeleine to confess a third lover to disgust Michel and force him to break up. Through an aunt, Michel and Madeleine reconcile while Yvonne poisons herself.

  • year
    1948
  • running time
    1h43
  • rights end
    01/01/1992
  • filming format
    35 mm
  • colour
    Black and white
  • distributor
    CONNAISSANCE DU CINEMA
  • producers
    Les films ariane

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