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The Immature Grain

Original title: Le blé en herbe
  • 19541954
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
210
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The Immature Grain (1954)
  • Drama
Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But as adolescence segues into puberty, the ... Read allBased on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But as adolescence segues into puberty, the two youngsters fall in love.Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But as adolescence segues into puberty, the two youngsters fall in love.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
210
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  • Director
    • Claude Autant-Lara
  • Writers
    • Jean Aurenche(adaptation)
    • Claude Autant-Lara(adaptation)
    • Pierre Bost(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Edwige Feuillère
    • Nicole Berger
    • Pierre-Michel Beck
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  • Director
    • Claude Autant-Lara
  • Writers
    • Jean Aurenche(adaptation)
    • Claude Autant-Lara(adaptation)
    • Pierre Bost(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Edwige Feuillère
    • Nicole Berger
    • Pierre-Michel Beck
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Edwige Feuillère
    Edwige Feuillère
    • Madame Dalleray…
    Nicole Berger
    Nicole Berger
    • Vinca
    Pierre-Michel Beck
    Pierre-Michel Beck
    • Phililippe
    Robert Berri
    • Le brigadier
    Simone Duhart
    • La femme du forain…
    Hélène Tossy
    • Madame Ferret…
    Charles Dechamps
    Charles Dechamps
    • Monsieur Ferret…
    Louis de Funès
    Louis de Funès
    • Le forain
    Renée Devillers
    • Madame Audebert…
    Claude Berri
    Claude Berri
    • Le fils du forain
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Camus
    • L'estivant
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Philippe Chauveau
      Sylvie Dorléac
      • Une petite fille
      • (uncredited)
      Josiane Leconte
      • Margot
      • (uncredited)
      Janette Lucas
      • Lisette
      • (uncredited)
      Yannick Malloire
      • Une petite fille
      • (uncredited)
      Julienne Paroli
      • La grand-mère
      • (uncredited)
      Louis Saintève
      • Le curé
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Claude Autant-Lara
      • Writers
        • Jean Aurenche(adaptation) (dialogue)
        • Claude Autant-Lara(adaptation) (dialogue)
        • Pierre Bost(adaptation) (dialogue)
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      • Trivia
        Sylvie Dorléac's debut.
      • Connections
        Featured in Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003)

      User reviews6

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      9/10
      Why has this film been disappeared?
      I saw this film in early 1955 at the Golden Bough Theater in Carmel CA. I was a GI stationed in Monterey, studying Russian in the Army Language School. The film simply poleaxed me. It offered Edwige as the ultimate "older Continental Woman" and a deliriously gorgeous young woman in competition over a young French nerd even less knowing and commanding as anyone in my cohort. Later, in European Military Intelligence, I met a few kindred who had seen La Ble en Herbe. Their reaction was identical to mine. Yet it is impossible to see it today. Why? I hear that Autant-Lara and his star were considered politically embarrassing. And that it was not in the aesthetic line of Godard and Truffaut. Now really: who cares? When you see the garbage that is now given superb DVD immortality -- how can this film be denied even VHS recognition of its existence? I remain furious over the disappearance of this film.
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      • Mar 9, 2007

      Details

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      • Release date
        • December 14, 1954 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • The Game of Love
      • Filming locations
        • Studios de Boulogne, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
      • Production companies
        • Franco London Films
        • William Shelton Films Inc.
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 46 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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