Les dents longues (1952)

Note Générale:

5,9/10   

Réalisateur:

Daniel Gélin

Scénaristes:

Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Michel Audiard (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

28 mars 1955 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drame

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Avis des utilisateurs:

Daniel and Danièle.

Ensemble

Danièle Delorme	...	Èva Commandeur
Daniel Gélin	...	Louis Commandeur
Jean Chevrier	...	Walter
Jean Debucourt	...	Goudal
Olivier Hussenot	...	André Maurienne, le chroniqueur judiciaire
Colette Mars	...	Lina-Zina
Louis Seigner	...	Antoine Josserand
Christian Argentin	...	Bronnier
René Hiéronimus	...	Renoir (as Hieronimus)
Joëlle Bernard	...	Raymonde Josserand
Robert Rollis	...	Le barman de la discothèque (as Rollys)
Gaby Bruyère	...	Maud
Louis Bugette	...	Papa, le photographe
Judith Magre	...	Une secrétaire (as Simone Chambord)
Yvette Etiévant	...	Yvonne

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Long Teeth (International: English title)

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Sweden:15

Lieux de tournage:

Paris, France

Société:

Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld

Daniel and Danièle.

Daniel Gélin and Danièle Delorme were then husband and wife ,like in the movie,and they were among the best actors of the era.This is Gélin's only attempt as a director.The results are decent.

The screenplay was probably inspired by Guy de Maupassant's "Bel-Ami" :it tells the story of a go-getter,a journalist ,whose name ,"Commandeur" (sic) is revealing.The first picture shows an eager man,whose train is arriving in Paris and whose impatience and agitation show on his face .The depiction of the press is almost as harsh as in Mackendrick's "sweet smell of success" or Lang's "while the city sleeps" although there's nothing spectacular in "les Dents Longues" ,it's not a thriller or a film noir.

Anyway,the best scenes are to be found outside the (paper) office .The journalist's only child has meningitis.After a night during which they fight to save their boy,the man falls asleep.At dawn,a distraught wife walks across the room and simply says "Bruno is dead" .