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La vérité sur Bébé Donge

  • 1952
  • 1h 50m
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6.8/10
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La vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952)
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François Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against Fr... Read allFrançois Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against François' personality.François Donge, a wealthy mature man, is about to die. Flashback: many years ago, the seducer François meets Bébé, an idealistic young woman, and marries her. Her idealism crashes against François' personality.

  • Director
    • Henri Decoin
  • Writers
    • Maurice Aubergé
    • Georges Simenon
  • Stars
    • Danielle Darrieux
    • Jean Gabin
    • Jacques Castelot
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    645
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Henri Decoin
    • Writers
      • Maurice Aubergé
      • Georges Simenon
    • Stars
      • Danielle Darrieux
      • Jean Gabin
      • Jacques Castelot
    • 6User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Danielle Darrieux
    Danielle Darrieux
    • Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge
    Jean Gabin
    Jean Gabin
    • François Donge
    Jacques Castelot
    • Docteur Jalabert
    Daniel Lecourtois
    Daniel Lecourtois
    • Georges Donge
    Madeleine Lambert
    • Madame d'Onneville
    Juliette Faber
    • L'infirmière
    Jacqueline Porel
    • Françoise
    Gaby Bruyère
    • La fille dans le taxi
    • (as Gaby Bruyere)
    Meg Lemonnier
    Meg Lemonnier
    • La secrétaire
    Alinda Kristensen
    • Madame Flament
    Yvonne Claudie
    Yvonne Claudie
    • Une joueuse de bridge
    Jean-Marc Tennberg
    • Le liftier
    • (as J.M. Tennberg)
    Marcel André
    • Le juge d'instruction
    Claude Génia
    • Jeanne Donge
    Gabrielle Dorziat
    Gabrielle Dorziat
    • Madame D'Ortemont
    Paul Bonifas
    Paul Bonifas
    • Le voyageur
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Bénard
    • Le professeur Gaspéri
    • (uncredited)
    André Darnay
    • Un joueur de bridge
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henri Decoin
    • Writers
      • Maurice Aubergé
      • Georges Simenon
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    • Trivia
      Darrieux is directed once again by her ex husband Henri Decoin, with whom she made six films together.
    • Quotes

      Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge: Because I ask myself what's the good of becoming a couple, if it's not better than when you were alone. If it's only more convenient...

      François Donge: You're sorry already?

      Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge: Francois, do you think I'm stupid?

      François Donge: No, but you're like all women. You want to be sure of the future. It's an obsession with women. You want to have it all and forever.

      Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge: You're wrong. It's not about security, but something else.

      François Donge: It's about not finding yourself alone at 40, with wrinkles. Only if you get wrinkles, there are beauty salons, but for the rest of it, being lonely, there's nothing to be done. So you get married.

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      Featured in My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)

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    Anatomy of a murder.
    Ambitious,not always successful,this Decoin film is adapted from George Simenon. It's a long flashback,mixing present and past with occasional gaps.The black and white cinematography is thoroughly mastered:Danielle Darrieux, all dressed in black(and beautiful), like a death angel, visits her dying husband with a pallid face in a white room.Another shot, before the end, shows a car disappearing in the darkest night.

    Bebe Donge is a romantic woman, a "Madame Bovary",who believes in true love. She does not realize that, in the bourgeois world which she lives in, these values are no longer in use.Her husband (Gabin) is cynical and does not even try to hide his lovers.In 1951,for the bourgeoisie,divorce was unthinkable:the wedding ceremony, with great pomp meant, for these hypocrites, that what the lord joined together, the world must not undo. So Darrieux ,who was a charming young woman, becomes a murderer. There was nothing to suggest that such a disaster might happen .

    Although not as good as "non coupable" with Michel Simon,"la vérité sur Bébé Donge" is eminently watchable and will reward you as much as, say, a Godard movie.Or surely more...
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Dec 12, 2001

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 1952 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Istina o Bebe Dongu
    • Filming locations
      • Draguignan, Var, France
    • Production company
      • Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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