Manon (film)

Manon
Manon
Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by	Jean Ferry; Henri-Georges Clouzot
Based on	Manon Lescaut ; by Antoine François Prévost
Produced by	Paul-Edmond Decharme
Starring	Serge Reggiani; Michel Auclair; Cécile Aubry
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Monique Kirsanoff
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production; company	Alcina
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	9 March 1949;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Manon (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃]) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost.^[1] The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million tickets sold in France.^[1]

It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

Synopsis

Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.

Cast

Serge Reggiani as Leon Lescaut
Michel Auclair as Robert Dégrieux
Cécile Aubry as Manon Lescaut
Andrex as Le trafiquant
Raymond Souplex as M. Paul
André Valmy as Lieutenant Besnard / Bandit Chief
Henri Vilbert as Le commandant du navire / Ship's Captain
Héléna Manson as La commère
Dora Doll as Juliette
Simone Valère as Isé, la soubrette
Gabrielle Fontan as La vendeuse à la toilette
Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Agnès
Rosy Varte as Petit rôle
Michel Bouquet as Le second
Robert Dalban as Le maître d'hôtel
Jean Hébey as L'hôtelière
Jean Témerson as Le portier du 'Magic'
Jacques Dynam as Un marin
Max Elloy as Le garçon de restaurant
Daniel Ivernel as American Officer
François Joux as L'architecte
Geneviève Morel as La mère dans le tarin

References

^ ^a ^b Lloyd, p. 64

Bibliography

Lloyd, Christopher. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Manchester University Press, 2007.

External links

Manon at IMDb
Manon at AllMovie

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v t e Films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feature films	The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) Le Corbeau (1943) Quai des Orfèvres (1947) Manon (1949) Miquette (1950) The Wages of Fear (1953) Les Diaboliques (1955) Les Espions (1957) La Vérité (1960) La prisonnière (1968)
Short films	Return to Life (1949, segment "Le Retour de Jean")
Documentaries	The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
Other projects	Tout pour l'amour (1933) Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (1964)

v t e Abbé Prévost's Manon Lescaut
Films	Manon Lescaut (1926) When a Man Loves (1927) Manon (1949) Manon 70 (1968)
Operas	The Maid of Artois (1836) Manon Lescaut (1856) Manon (1884) Manon Lescaut (1893) Le portrait de Manon (1894) Boulevard Solitude (1952)
Other	L'histoire de Manon "Donna non vidi mai"

v t e Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
1946–1968	The Southerner (1946) The Strike (1947) Hamlet (1948) Manon (1949) Justice Is Done (1950) Rashomon (1951) Forbidden Games (1952) Romeo and Juliet (1954) Ordet (1955) Aparajito (1957) Rickshaw Man (1958) General Della Rovere (1959) The Great War (1959) Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Family Diary (1962) Ivan's Childhood (1962) Hands over the City (1963) Red Desert (1964) Sandra (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) Belle de Jour (1967) Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968)
1980–2000	Atlantic City (1980) Gloria (1980) Marianne and Juliane (1981) The State of Things (1982) First Name: Carmen (1983) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Vagabond (1985) The Green Ray (1986) Au revoir les enfants (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) A City of Sadness (1989) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Close to Eden (1991) The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) Short Cuts (1993) Three Colours: Blue (1993) Before the Rain (1994) Vive L'Amour (1994) Cyclo (1995) Michael Collins (1996) Hana-bi (1997) The Way We Laughed (1998) Not One Less (1999) The Circle (2000)
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