Et ta soeur (1958)

Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and ... See full summary »

Director:

Maurice Delbez

Writers:

Pierre Apestéguy (screenplay), Maurice Delbez (screenplay),

Stars:

Pierre Fresnay, Arletty, Jean-Claude Brialy

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Pierre Fresnay	...	Bastien du Boccage
Arletty	...	Lucrèce du Boccage
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Bruno Puymartin
Sophie Grimaldi	...	Francine du Boccage
Jacques Dufilho	...	Puymartin, l'auteur
Brigitte Barbier
Henri Belly
Émile Genevois	...	Jojo
Edmond Tamiz
Jean Tissier	...	Le directeur de la prison
Annie Fratellini	...	Jeannette
Pierre Destailles	...	Le directeur du journal

Storyline

Bastien du Boccage is a repeat offender: hasn't he been sent to jail no fewer than six times? But he is no ordinary criminal mind you. As a matter of fact he is a newspaper editor and should have no problems with justice. The trouble is that he has a sister, Lucrèce, who is agony aunt in his newspaper and who tends not to mince her words. To make matters worse, Francine, his daughter, has fallen in love with Bruno, a penniless student and Lucrèce is prepared to do anything to prevent her marriage...

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 September 1958 (France)

Also Known As:

Et ta soeur?

Company Credits

Production Co:

Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC), Les Films Saint-James, Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Teaming up for the worst!

Imagine that!Two legends of the French cinema ,who had never played together and who finally teamed up :Pierre Fresnay and Arletty together! It could have been a dream...but it turned out to be a nightmare .The director is incapable of directing and the two stars are left to their own devices: both overact and both give dismal performances.(and I love both of them though)

Anyway,the screenplay was uninteresting : a journalist (Arletty) writes inflammatory articles and the newspaper's owner ,her brother (Fresnay) has been sent to jail six times in two years .There's also a love interest between Fresnay's daughter and a boy (Jean-Claude Brialy) who has got no diplomas .Brialy and Arletty became good friends during the shooting.

NB:Arletty 's part was first intended for Yvonne Printemps,Fresnay's wife,but she had health problems and had to give up.