Les tricheurs (1958)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Marcel Carné

Scénaristes:

Marcel Carné (screenplay)
Marcel Carné (adaptation) ...

Date de sortie:

10 octobre 1958 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.

Avis des utilisateurs:

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Ensemble

Pascale Petit	...	Mic
Andréa Parisy	...	Clo
Jacques Charrier	...	Bob Letellier
Laurent Terzieff	...	Alain
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Lou (as J.P. Belmondo)
Dany Saval	...	La fiancée de Bernard
Alfonso Mathis	...	Peter
Pierre Brice	...	Bernard
Jacques Marin	...	Monsieur Félix
Dominique Page	...	Nicole
Jacques Chabassol
René Sartoris
Jacques Portet	...	Guy
Gabrielle Fontan	...	La logeuse de Mic
Michel Nastorg	...	Le père de Bob

Autre(s) titre(s):

Peccatori in blue jeans (Italy)
The Cheaters (USA) (literal English title)
Youthful Sinners (UK)

Durée:

120 min

Pays:

France | Italy

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 (nf)

Société:

Silver Films

Anecdotes:

French censorship visa #20.664

Connexions:

Référencé sur Oi apenanti (1981)

Bande son:

Desperate Desmond

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It's generally an accepted fact that Marcel Carné's 1936-1946 movies are masterpieces and it's considered polite to say that the rest are mediocrities.This is an unfair opinion:at least ,two of the latter era are eminently watchable:"Thérèse Raquin" ,his best post-war work,and "les tricheurs" (the cheats).

There's a strange evolution from the Prevert golden hour to "les tricheurs":in "les enfants du paradis" "quai des brumes" or "le jour se lève",true love is thwarted by the villains. In "les tricheurs" true love does not exist anymore:we deal with a bunch of young people who believe in nothing;falling in love would be incongruous for this youth.The adults are not the villains at all:Mic's brother and mother are kind people ,but she is beyond their command.Very few grown-ups appear anyway.

During two hours,the characters do not stop playing around,dancing,listening to jazz records(a music which was not still part of the bourgeois culture),and heavily drinking .When two of them discover they care for each others ,it will be too late.

The cast is rather good ,Laurent Terzieff as an existentialist cynic and Andréa Parisy as a rich kid are the stand-outs.On the other hand,Pascale Petit and mainly Jacques Charrier(who married Brigitte Bardot the same year as "les tricheurs")do not possess the ambiguity their parts ask for.They are all smile,too sweet and to nice to be believable.

Oddly,"les tricheurs" was labeled "nouvelle vague"!When you know what the priests of this cinema school (the likes of Godard)thought of Carné ,it's really a good joke.But this disenchantment you feel throughout the whole movie is really disturbing.