A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly woman. After a car accident, he meets a doctor who offers to reveal his wife's beauty.
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Title: Le miroir a deux faces (1958)
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| Michèle Morgan | ... | Marie-José Vauzange-Tardivet | |
| Bourvil | ... | Pierre Tardivet | |
| Ivan Desny | ... | Gérard Durieu | |
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Georgette Anys | ... | Marguerite Benoît |
| Julien Carette | ... | Albert Benoît (as Carette) | |
| Georges Chamarat | ... | Georges Vauzange | |
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Elisabeth Manet | ... | Véronique Vauzange-Durieu |
| Jane Marken | ... | Madame Vauzange | |
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Marcel Pérès | ... | Le bistrot |
| Sylvie | ... | Mme Tardivet | |
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Bruno Balp | ... | L'instituteur |
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Charles Bouillaud | ... | Un professeur |
| Pierre Brice | ... | Jacques | |
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Catherine Candida | ... | Le modèle |
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Corrado Guarducci | ... | Le maître d'hôtel à Venise |
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A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly woman. After a car accident, he meets a doctor who offers to reveal his wife's beauty.
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looking at oneself in a mirror | revenge murder | extramarital affair | mother child separation | wife leaves husband |Taglines:
The story of a woman who changed her face...and was unprepared for the consequences. See more »Genres:
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FrenchRelease Date:
15 October 1958 (France) See more »Also Known As:
The Mirror Has Two Faces See more »Filming Locations:
Studios de Boulogne, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France See more »Company Credits
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Paris Union Films, Franco London Films, Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont See more »
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This review is an answer to Eric Sayettat's review: Eric, the husband did not "love her for what she was". He wanted an ugly wife. He was assured that an ugly wife would need him, never cheat on him and never leave. Once she is no longer ugly, a development neither of them could have expected, that assurance collapses. He doesn't love his wife, he uses her.
With that in mind, the film poses an interesting idea when the surgeon "makes his pitch" to the husband: With a woman who is so intelligent and sensitive, why shouldn't her beautiful inside be matched by a beautiful outside? Which leads to the question, if she were born with a beautiful outside, would she have been so admirable? Would she have needed to be?