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The Immature Grain

Original title: Le blé en herbe
  • 19541954
  • 1h 46m
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6.6/10
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The Immature Grain (1954)
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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
211
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
89,032
28,359
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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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      8/10
      The Wheat From The Chaff
      We're definitely on the fringe of 'classic' country here. A screenplay by those two masters Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost adapting in turn a novel by Colette, direction by Claude Autant-Lara and in the lead role the legendary Edwige Feuillere, a combination just made to upset Francois Truffaut and needle him into throwing his toys out of his pram. Tough, Francois; too bad you didn't take a closer look at how the big boys do it before inflicting your juvenilia on us. But enough of poseurs let's get down to the nitty-gritty. Watching today it seems incredible that at the time (1954) this caused something of a scandal dealing as it does with love, to say nothing of sex, between a callow teenager and the effortlessly elegant, chic, sophisticated and dare I say it, beautiful and luminescent Feuillere. Questions do occur, mostly why, when she is all these things, is Feuillere actually available for teenage initiation, why isn't she fending off at least a dozen admirers, and why does she pick on someone as unprepossessing, gauche and scrawny as Philippe (Pierre-Michel Beck) and, if it comes to that, how come someone as nerdish as Beck has a delectable girlfriend of more or less his own age in the shape of Vinca (Nicole Berger). Ultimately it doesn't matter because the combination of great writing, direction and acting from 'the lady in white' make this a movie to treasure.
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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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