Miracles Only Happen Once
| Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yves Allégret |
| Written by | Jacques Sigurd |
| Produced by | Sacha Gordine |
| Starring | Jean Marais Alida Valli |
| Cinematography | Jean Isnard, assisted by Robert Juillard |
Release date | 1951 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | France/Italy |
| Language | French |
Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (Miracles Only Happen Once) is a 1951 Franco-Italian film, directed by Yves Allégret. The film is about a "psychic war-casualty" played by Jean Marais.[1]
Synopsis
The educational year is ending and Jérôme, a medical student, is on the point of leaving on holiday to Brittany with friends. However he remains pensive and regrets not having approached Claudia, an Italian student, who must leave France the same evening. So he decides to go to her hotel. The two young people acknowledge their mutual love and Jérôme accompanies Claudia to the station and promises to join her in Tuscany the next month, as soon as he finds enough money. In Tuscany, Jérôme realizes that he seriously loves Claudia and proposes marriage to her. The two lovers return to their hotel but the city is agitated: war has just been declared. Jérôme learns from the consulate that he has been mobilised and that he must return. Separated by the war and no longer able to correspond, Jérôme loses track of Claudia. He will try to forget her by remaking his life, but haunted by the memory of this lost love, he will not succeed. Eleven years later, he leaves for Italy to try to find her, but time has passed…
Cast
- Alida Valli: Claudia
- Jean Marais: Jérôme
- Marcelle Arnold: bar owner
- Christine Chesnay: Jérôme's wife
- Charles Rutherford: the American
- Dedi Ristori: Little Francesca
- Aldo Moschino: the doctor
- Emma Baron: Hotel owner
- Nada Fiorelli: Maria Forni
- Gérard Buhr
- Vera Cini
- Edmond Ardisson: an employee
- Daniel Ceccaldi: a friend of Jérôme
- Jacques Denoël: a friend of Jérôme
- Bernard Farrell (uncredited)
- Alex Favier (uncredited)
- Claire Gérard: restaurant owner (uncredited)
- Françoise Prévost (uncredited)
- Alain Raffael: a friend of Jérôme (uncredited)
- Michele Riccardini (uncredited)
References
- ^ Sieglohr, Ulrike (2000). Heroines Without Heroes. Continuum. p. 52.
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