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The Best Part

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Original title

La meilleure part

Year

1955

Running time

90 min.

Country

France

Director

Yves Allégret

Screenwriter

Yves Allégret, Jacques Sigurd. Novel: Philippe St-Gil

Cast

Music

Paul Misraki

Cinematography

Henri Alekan

Producer

Co-production France-Italy;

Trident Film, Silver Films, Noria Film

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Philippe Morin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...

Awards: 1956: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Best Director

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The Best Part

1955

Yves Allégret