The Diary of an Innocent Boy
(1968)
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The Diary of an Innocent Boy
(1968)
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| Michèle Morgan | ... |
Comtesse Gabrielle de Valandry
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| Michel Piccoli | ... |
Le comte Philippe de Saint-Germain /
Count Philippe
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Pierre Clémenti | ... |
Benjamin
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| Catherine Deneuve | ... |
Anne de Clécy
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Francine Bergé | ... |
Marion
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Anna Gaël | ... |
Célestine
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Catherine Rouvel | ... |
Victorine
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Tania Torrens | ... |
Mme De Chartres
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Odile Versois | ... |
La conseillère /
Married woman
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Simone Bach | ... |
Mme La Tour
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Angelo Bardi | ... |
Basile
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Sacha Briquet | ... |
Celestin
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André Cellier | ... |
Le conseiller
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Lyne Chardonnet | ... |
Jacotte
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Madeleine Damien | ... |
La vieille dame
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There is a very French economy in the story-telling here: how a young man loses his virginity. An experience that we all recognise, simply told. The park at the château Hennessy in Cognac is evocatively photographed, giving that sense of the idealised, lost manor, that the French love so much. (Alain-Fournier wrote a very pretty novel about that)
Pierre Clementi and Catherine Deneuve, two VERY decorative figures, are loved by the camera; their climactic, moon-lit encounter is wistfully nostalgic of the '60s, when taking off your clothes was An Event. Mme Morgan is the very embodiment of A Presence.
Now that châteaux are invariably conference centers for greasy-haired accountants, now that all Presences have left us for ever, now that we have taken off our clothes just about a million times, this simple film is surprisingly moving.