Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.
Cast
Michèle Morgan
Thelma Rooland
Robert Hossein
Jess Rooland
Olivier Hussenot
Arthur Martin
Jacqueline Morane
Adeline Martin
Perrette Pradier
Louise Martin
Paul Bisciglia
Unknown
Barbara Brandt
Unknown
Ivan Dominique
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Jacqueline Fontel
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Cady Muller
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Roland Monk
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Kate Noelle
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Donald O'Brien
Unknown
Robert Porte
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Pierre Roussel
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Alice Sapritch
Guest complimenting Thelma
Lucas Stanley
Unknown
Joan Tyson
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Van Wayne
Unknown
Ingrid Weiss
Unknown
Frank Latimore
Ted
Georges Ivanov
Commentator (voice)
Crew
Robert Hossein
Director, Screenplay
Frédéric Dard
Screenplay, Novel, Dialogue
Louisette Hautecœur
Editor
Jacques Robin
Director of Photography
Bernard Evein
Production Design
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Simone Knapp
Hairstylist
Anatole Paris
Makeup Artist
Antoine Archimbaud
Sound
André Hossein
Original Music Composer
Ludmilla Goulian
Production Manager
