"Coïencidences" is an unkown french drama from the 1947 noir genre top year, the only movie directed by Serge Debecque, but written by Pierre Laroche, the sceenwriter of "les Visiteurs du Soir" (one of the masterpieces directed by Marcel Carné) or "la Fille aux Yeux Gris" (another unknown masterpiece directed by Jean Faurez). His McGuffin use of that fate box is a fine idea, getting "Coïncidences" darkly confused, because it is the depressing story of a young man handsome but poor falling off the edge of the mind, losing eveything, love and money and at last his mind.
As Serge Reggiani loses eveything, his presence turns off like some kind of ghost. His cousin, Andrée Clément, is faithful to help him, perhaps in love with him, but always sad and dressed in black, her attitude is a total mystery, just check her first meeting with Reggiani's love (who is always happy, smiling and singing), they exchange too much complicity about their dresses. Andrée Clément was the magnificent héroïne of "la Fille du Diable" (by Henri Decoin), played in only 13 movies, a bad luck number for her, she died at 36.
Pierre Renoir is perfect as the rich hating the poor and who takes a superior pleasure to tell it to the poor Serge Reggiani. He really is the bad man of the movie.
Only one reviewer for this unknown gem, still DD without whom ... Hanx again DD.
Review of Coïncidences
