Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)

An election campaign becomes more interesting when anonymously published photographs depict the wife of a candidate, Dr. Peyrac, attending a sex party. Are the photographs fake or genuine ?

Director:

André Cayatte

Writers:

André Cayatte, Pierre Dumayet

Stars:

Annie Girardot, Mireille Darc, Bernard Fresson

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Annie Girardot	...	Sylvie Peyrac
Mireille Darc	...	Olga Leroy
Bernard Fresson	...	Dr. Peyrac
Michel Bouquet	...	Morlaix
André Falcon	...	Boussard
Paul Amiot	...	Georges Arnaud
Micheline Boudet	...	Corinne
Pascale de Boysson	...	Véronique
Nathalie Courval
Marc Michel	...	Jean-Paul Leroy
André Reybaz
Georges Riquier	...	Judge
Pierre Tabard
Frédéric Simon	...	Peyrac's Son
Mathieu Carrière	...	Ulrich Berl

Storyline

An election campaign becomes more interesting when anonymously published photographs depict the wife of a candidate, Dr. Peyrac, attending a sex party. Are the photographs fake or genuine ?

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

16 May 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

Where There's Smoke

Company Credits

Production Co:

Audio Production, Carlton Film Export, Euro International Film (EIA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

No smoke without fire.

By the seventies,Annie Girardot had become André Cayatte's actress.She starred in all of his movies of the era but two ;the best was arguably "Mourir D'Aimer" .Girardot was also the most popular French actress of the seventies ,pejoratively nicknamed "the middle -class's idol.She was very likable and talented ,and now that she retired, she is missed.

The political movie was very trendy in the French seventies;many directors did their stint:Yves Boisset ("Le Juge Fayard Dit Le Shériff") Marcel Carné ("Les Assassins De L'Ordre" )Nadine Trintignant ("Defense De Savoir" )Pierre Granier-Deferre ("Adieu Poulet" ),even Claude Chabrol ("les Noces Rouges" had a strong political side),the list is endless....

The problem with Cayatte's movie is that,if it was intended as a political movie ,its ideology remains very vague (we may think that the good doctor and his wife represent the liberal left whereas the "others" are the diehards).Only the beginning and the short epilogue deal with politics.

But the screenplay is ,although implausible and terribly Manichaean,rather attractive and instead of a political movie,we have an entertaining thriller,with murders,photograph fixing, and discreet charm of the bourgeoisie .This action-packed story is never boring,and the actors (Girardot,Bernard Fresson,Mireille Darc,Michel Bouquet,Matthieu Carrière...) are all excellent.