''Girl and the River'' () is a 1958 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
François Villiers. It was entered into the
1958 Cannes Film Festival
The 11th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 18 May 1958. French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition.
The '' Palme d'Or'' was awarded to '' The Cranes Are Flying'' by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Juries
The follo ...
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Cast
In alphabetical order
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Henri Arius
Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor.Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France.
Selected filmography
* '' Don't Shout It from the Rooftops'' (1943)
* '' Jeannou'' (1 ...
- The uncle from Cavaillon
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Pascale Audret - Hortense
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Odette Barencey - Joséphine
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Charles Blavette
Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* ''Jofroi'' (1934) – Antoine
* '' Angèle'' (1934) – Tonin
* ''Toni'' (1935) – Antonio ...
- L'oncle Simon
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Jean Clarens - Le notaire
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Andrée Debar
Andrée Debar (5 May 1920 – 24 January 1999) was a French actress and Film producer, producer of stage and screen.Hayward p.464 She was married to the right-wing French politician and film producer Roger Duchet.
Selected filmography
* ''Jud ...
- The cousin from Rochebrune
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Hubert de Lapparent - Elie, a peasant
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Hélène Gerber - La femme d'Elie
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Jean Giono
Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.
First period
Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent a ...
- Le récitant (voice)
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Harry-Max - Le juge de paix
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Germaine Kerjean - The aunt from Rochebrune
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Robert Lombard - Le cousin de Rochebrune
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Milly Mathis
Milly Mathis (8 September 1901 – 30 March 1965) was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on 8 September 1901 as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, uncr ...
- The aunt from Cavaillon
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Pierre Moncorbier - L'oncle vigneron
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Jean Panisse - The butcher
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Maurice Sarfati - The cousin from Cavaillon
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Dany Saval
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Jean-Marie Serreau - Le Jéhovah de Perthuis
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Madeleine Sylvain - La bouchère
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Arlette Thomas - La femme de Dabisse
Reception
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...
considered it the best French film of 1958.
[Jean-Luc Godard, ''Godard par Godard'' (Flammarion, 1989; ISBN 978-2-08-081516-3), pp. 179-180.]
References
External links
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1958 films
1950s French-language films
1958 drama films
Films based on works by Jean Giono
Films directed by François Villiers
French drama films
1950s French films
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