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Quay of Illusions

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Quay of Illusions
Directed byÉmile Couzinet
Written byÉmile Couzinet
Produced byÉmile Couzinet
StarringGaby Morlay
Louis Seigner
Lise Bourdin
CinematographyPierre Dolley
Edited byÉmile Couzinet
Music byJoseph Kosma
Production
companies
Burgus Films
Rivo Film
Distributed byComptoir Français du Film
Release date
  • 21 January 1959 (1959-01-21)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Quay of Illusions (French: Quai des illusions) is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Émile Couzinet and starring Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner and Lise Bourdin.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renneteau.

Synopsis

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Lise is bored living at her parents house and leaves to work as a waitress by the waterfront. She meets Lise, a sailor, and falls pregnant with his child. He runs away to evade the police and she soon afterwards gives birth but loses the baby. Distraught she then steals a child from a maternity ward.

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Bibliography

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  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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