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The Cousins

Original title: Les cousins
  • 19591959
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 52m
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7.2/10
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The Cousins (1959)
Drama
A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3K
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    • Claude Chabrol
    • Claude Chabrol(scenario)
    • Paul Gégauff(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Blain
    • Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Juliette Mayniel
    • Claude Chabrol
    • Claude Chabrol(scenario)
    • Paul Gégauff(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Blain
    • Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Juliette Mayniel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    The Cousins (1959)
    The Cousins (1959)
    Stéphane Audran and Gérard Blain in The Cousins (1959)
    Stéphane Audran and Gérard Blain in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain and Jean-Claude Brialy in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain and Jean-Claude Brialy in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain and Guy Decomble in The Cousins (1959)
    Jean-Claude Brialy and Juliette Mayniel in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain and Juliette Mayniel in The Cousins (1959)
    Juliette Mayniel in The Cousins (1959)
    Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Juliette Mayniel in The Cousins (1959)

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    Gérard Blain
    Gérard Blain
    • Charles
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Paul Thomas
    Juliette Mayniel
    Juliette Mayniel
    • Florence
    Guy Decomble
    • Le libraire
    Geneviève Cluny
    • Geneviève
    Michèle Méritz
    Michèle Méritz
    • Yvonne
    Corrado Guarducci
    • Italian Count Minerva
    Stéphane Audran
    Stéphane Audran
    • Françoise
    Paul Bisciglia
    Paul Bisciglia
    • Marc
    Jeanne Pérez
    • La femme de ménage
    Françoise Vatel
    • Martine
    André Chanal
    Gilbert Edard
    Gilbert Edard
    Clara Gansard
    Jean-Louis Maury
    • Un étudiant joueur de bridge
    Virginie Vitry
    Jean-Marie Arnoux
    Robert Barre
      • Claude Chabrol
      • Claude Chabrol(scenario)
      • Paul Gégauff(dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Two ends were filmed, one optimistic (the reconciliation between the two cousins, which was discarded, and the other pessimistic (which was finally chosen).
    • Quotes

      Le libraire: Read Dostoyevsky. He addresses all your concerns.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia új hullám (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      40e Symphonie en Sol Majeur (Koechel 550) 1er movement
      Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart)

      Performed by London Symphony Orchestra (as Orchestre Symphonique de Londres)

      Conducted by Josef Krips (as Joseph Krips)

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    9/10
    Probably my favorite Chabrol so far
    Chabrol's second feature. I haven't seen his first, Le beau Serge, but this is the most French New Wave film I've seen from Chabrol. As such, it's by far my favorite. I like several of his films, but I do find even my favorites a little dry. This one is just gorgeous and it's quite a lot of fun throughout. Gerard Blain plays a provincial who is moving to Paris to go to college. He moves in with his cousin (Jean-Claude Brialy), who is himself a student. Brialy is a total party animal, spending all his free time drinking with friends and none of it studying. The two get along at first, but then a woman (Juliette Mayniel) comes between them. The film is kind of a precursor to Jules et Jim.
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    • Sep 21, 2015

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 1959 (United States)
      • France
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt/SFP - 2 Rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • Ajym Films
      • Société Française du Cinéma pour la Jeunesse
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    • 1 hour 52 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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