Women Are Weak
| Women are Weak | |
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| Directed by | Michel Boisrond |
| Written by | Michel Boisrond Annette Wademant |
| Starring | Alain Delon Pascale Petit Mylène Demongeot Jacqueline Sassard |
| Cinematography | Robert Lefebvre |
| Music by | Paul Misraki |
Release date | 1959 |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,359,549 admissions (France[1] |
Women are Weak (French: Faibles femmes, Italian: Le donne sono deboli) is a 1959 French-Italian film featuring Alain Delon. It was one of his first roles and was crucial to launching him as a star. It was also known as Three Murderesses.
The movie was a success at the French box office and achieved release in the US.[2] Delon made some personal appearances in New York to promote the movie.[3]
Cast
- Alain Delon as Julien Fenal
- Mylène Demongeot as Sabine
- Pascale Petit as Agathe
- Jacqueline Sassard as Hélène Maroni
- Simone Renant as Marguerite Maroni
- Monique Mélinand as Madame Fenal
- Héléna Manson as la mère supérieure
- Pierre Mondy as André
- Noël Roquevert as Édouard Maroni
- Albert Médina as Monsieur Courcel
- Anita Ruff as Anita Pérez
- Adrienne Servantie as Madame Courcel
- André Luguet as Monsieur Fenal
- Magdeleine Bérubet as Sœur Marguerite
- Michel Bardinet
- Yves Barsacq
References
- ^ Movie box office information at Box Office Story
- ^ Cinema-Hopping on the Champs Elysees By Walter Lowe. The Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file) [Boston, Mass] 14 Apr 1959: 7.
- ^ FOX BUYS CONCERN IN JOHANNESBURG: Film Company in Africa Acquired for $1,125,000 -- 'Anatomy of Murder' Here By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 02 July 1959: 15.
