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Pattes Blanches

Pattes Blanches (1948)
November 21, 2015 - 7:30 pm

Pattes Blanches  (France, 1948)


A late-career but top-flight rehearsal of favorite themes (class politics expressed in a sexual triangle), director Jean Grémillon's feature involves the arrival of a glamorous woman in an insular community, who makes herself the object of several men's affections and sets up an incendiary rivalry between an aristocrat and his poorer half-brother.  Love sweetens and sours as power realignments drive the story to its cataclysmic conclusion.  

16mm, b/w, 92 min.  Production: Majestic Films.  Distribution: DisCina.  Director: Jean Grémillon.  Screenwriter: Jean Anouilh, Jean-Bernard Luc.  Cinematographer: Philippe Agostini.  Editor: Louisette Hautecoeur.  Composer: Elsa Barraine.  With: Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard, Arlette Thomas, Michel Bouquet.

Preceded by

André Masson et les quatre éléments  (France, 1958)


A subtle reflection on the creative process of painter André Masson, and on creativity in general.

35mm, color, 21 min.  Production: Les Films du Dauphin.  Screenwriter: Jean Grémillon.  Cinematographer: Louis Page.  Editor: Suzanne Baron.  Composer: Jean Grémillon.