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Dominican Rep. Les abysses
- Original title
- Les abysses
- Year
- 1963
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
France- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Francine Bergé
Paul Bonifas- Colette Régis
- Colette Bergé
- Pascale de Boysson
- Jean-Louis Le Goff
- Lise Daubigny
- Robert Benoît
- Marcel Roche
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1930s. Crime. Psychological Drama. Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- Inspired by the famous case of the Papin sisters, that shocked France in the late 30’s; the movie is also stimulated by Jean Genet’s famous play Les Bonnes.
The case of the two sisters has always been cited in French left wing intellectual circles as a perfect example of the working class struggle. Papatakis makes it clear, the motivation of the sisters, that will lead them to murder, it’s their life condition; the humiliations they had to suffer, exploited in every way by their employers, that are ready to get rid of them, once they don’t need them anymore. It’s the typical situation of the workers everywhere, specially in the early decades of last century, when Communist party and intellectuals were trying to emancipate the workforces, inciting them to fight for their rights. The movie is truly effective, a sense of hysteria is created by the continuous screams and the discomforting cacophonic score. It gets under the skin of the viewer, crawling slowly, leaving him perplexed and with a strong feel of uneasiness.- Awards
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1963: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Palm (Best Film)
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