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The Wretches

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Original title

Les scélérats

Year

1960

Running time

91 min.

Country

France

Director

Robert Hossein

Screenwriter

Robert Hossein, Frédéric Dard. Novel: Frédéric Dard

Cast

Music

André Hossein

Cinematography

Jacques Robin (B&W)

Producer

Cocinor, Les Productions Francis Lopez

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

This slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein (the director) 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.

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The Wretches

1960

Robert Hossein