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The Girls of the Rhône

1938 film


The Girls of the Rhône (French: Les filles du Rhône) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Annie Ducaux, Daniel Lecourtois and Alexandre Rignault.[1] It was nominated for the Grand prix du cinéma français but lost out to Alert in the Mediterranean.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin.

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Synopsis

In the Camargue region at the mouth of the River Rhône, an impoverished aristocrat attempts to marry off his eldest daughter to a wealthy man who she does not love.

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References

  1. Rège p.799
  2. Crisp p.378

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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