Clockface Café

{{short description|1947 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name =Clockface Café

| image =File:Clockface Café.jpg

| caption =

| director = Jean Gehret
Henri Decoin

| producer =Maurice Saurel

| based_on =

| writer = Pierre Bénard
Henri Decoin

| narrator =

| starring = Bernard Blier
Blanchette Brunoy
Aimé Clariond

| music = Henri Dutilleux

| cinematography = Jacques Lemare

| editing = Charles Bretoneiche

| studio = Safia

| distributor = Société Nouvelle des Films Dispa

| released = {{Film date|1947|06|27|df=yes}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Clockface Café (French: Le Café du Cadran) is a 1947 French drama film directed by Jean Gehret and Henri Decoin and starring Bernard Blier, Blanchette Brunoy and Aimé Clariond.Rège p.151https://www.unifrance.org/film/2836/le-cafe-du-cadran The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Alex.

Synopsis

A young couple from Auvergne, Julien and Louise Couturier buy a café in the heart of Paris. The capital soon has a detrimental effect on them as Julien falls in with bad company and Louise flirts with violinist Luigi and develops a taste for expensive things.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.