Adorables créatures (1952)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Christian-Jaque

Writers:

Charles Spaak (story)
Charles Spaak (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 December 1952 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Andre Noblet, a 21-year-old French artist falls madly in love with Christine, the mother of two children...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Marriage | Musician | Thief | Ski Resort

Cast

Daniel Gélin	...	André Noblet
Antonella Lualdi	...	Catherine Michaud
Danielle Darrieux	...	Christine
Martine Carol	...	Minouche
Edwige Feuillère	...	Denise Aubusson
Renée Faure	...	Alice
Georges Chamarat	...	Edmond, Catherine's Father
Daniel Lecourtois	...	Jacques
Marilyn Buferd	...	Evelyne (as Marilyn Bufferd)
Jean-Marc Tennberg	...	Pianist
France Roche	...	Françoise
Giovanna Galletti	...	Director
Georges Tourreil	...	Étienne
Raphaël Patorni	...	Man
Robert Rollis	...	Bob

Also Known As:

Adorable Creatures (USA)
Quando le donne amano (Italy)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16

Company:

Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld

Bad start,getting better afterward

Christian-Jaque , a very talented FRench director here takes his best shot with a cracker full of traditional clichés...at least in the first sketch which is mediocre Theatre de Boulevard ,saved by Daniel Gelin and Danielle Darrieux.

Things go better in the second segment (this is a movie made up of three sketches linked by scenes in the hero's neighbors' apartment).Charles Spaak shows some nastiness and cruelty between women.Let's point out that most of the movie takes place in rich wealthy milieus:very few people could afford winter Sports in 1952.

But the real meat here lies in the third segment ,a spoof on charity among the chic people ,a subject which is today more relevant than ever.Edwige Feuillère portrays a Lady Bountiful rolling in it who spends her time throwing parties,dancing or attending fund-raising receptions "to help the poor and the needy" .She has even hired as a secretary an ex-con :the humiliated girl has got to learn her lines well cause every time she meets one of her boss's guests she must tell her whole story,warts and all.

The "Centrale Catholique Du Cinema" gave the movie unanimous thumbs down:they asked the Christians to avoid this "immoral cynical " movie. The three segments are amorous memories of a young man (Daniel Gélin)about to marry his neighbor's daughter he used to help with her equations but who obviously preferred to lead a wild life instead of studying for her high school diploma.This seventeen-year-old girl is played By Antonella Lualdi who resembled Hilary Swank when she was young.

The cast and credits would have been original ,hadn't Sacha Guitry invented the trick long before Christian -Jaque.And anyway the very same year even that was dwarfed by Julien Duvivier's "La Fête A Henriette".