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Clockface Café

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Clockface Café
Directed byJean Gehret
Henri Decoin
Written byPierre Bénard
Henri Decoin
Produced byMaurice Saurel
StarringBernard Blier
Blanchette Brunoy
Aimé Clariond
CinematographyJacques Lemare
Edited byCharles Bretoneiche
Music byHenri Dutilleux
Production
company
Safia
Distributed bySociété Nouvelle des Films Dispa
Release date
  • 27 June 1947 (1947-06-27)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Clockface Café (French: Le Café du Cadran) is a 1947 French drama film directed by Jean Gehret and Henri Decoin and starring Bernard Blier, Blanchette Brunoy and Aimé Clariond.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex.

Synopsis

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A young couple from Auvergne, Julien and Louise Couturier buy a café in the heart of Paris. The capital soon has a detrimental effect on them as Julien falls in with bad company and Louise flirts with violinist Luigi and develops a taste for expensive things.

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Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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