Les mauvaises rencontres
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| director = Alexandre Astruc
| producer = Edmond Ténoudji
| screenplay = Alexandre Astruc
Roland Laudenbach
| based_on = The Cautious Maiden by Cécil Saint-Laurent
| starring = Anouk Aimée
| music = Maurice Le Roux
| cinematography = Robert Lefebvre
| editing = Maurice Serein
| studio = Les Films Marceau
| distributor = Les Films Marceau
| released = {{Film date|1955|10|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
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Les mauvaises rencontres ({{Langx|en|Bad Liaisons}}) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc and starring Anouk Aimée. It tells the story of an ambitious journalist who has sacrificed her emotional life for the sake of her career. The story is told through flashbacks during a police interrogation. The film is based on the novel The Cautious Maiden by Cécil Saint-Laurent. Filming took place from 7 March to 7 May 1955.{{Cite web|url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=46249 |title=Les Mauvaises rencontres |language=French |work=bifi.fr |publisher=Cinémathèque Française |accessdate=2015-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130014/http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=46249 |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}
The film was shown in competition at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and won the award for Most Promising New Director. It was released in France on 21 October 1955.
Cast
- Anouk Aimée as Catherine Racan
- Jean-Claude Pascal as Blaise Walter
- Philippe Lemaire as Alain Bergère
- Gaby Sylvia as Hélène Ducouret
- Claude Dauphin as Doctor Jacques Daniéli
- Giani Esposito as Pierre Jaeger
- Yves Robert as Inspector Forbin
- Michel Piccoli as an Inspector
References
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External links
- {{IMDB title|0048361}}
{{Alexandre Astruc}}
{{Roland Laudenbach}}
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Category:Films about journalists
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films directed by Alexandre Astruc
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by Roland Laudenbach
Category:Films based on works by Jacques Laurent
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Maurice Le Roux
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