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L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1954)
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4 January 1954 (France) morePlot:
A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nobody loves me! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michel Simon | ... | Auguste Bard |
| Yves Deniaud | ... | Antonio |
| Geneviève Page | ... | Donata |
| Georgette Anys | ... | Julie |
| Louis de Funès | ... | M. Chanteau |
| Paul Demange | ... | Le docteur nerveux |
| Paul Frankeur | ... | Le curé |
| Henri Arius | ... | Le commissaire |
| Maurice Bénard | ... | Le directeur du casino |
| Lucien Callamand | ... | Le notaire |
| Yvonne Claudie | ... | Caroline |
| Jean Clément | ||
| Claudio Ermelli | (as Claude Ermelli) | |
| Jacques Erwin | ... | L'huissier du casino |
| Michel Gerbier | (as Le petit Michel Gerbier) |
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This cri de coeur was present in many a Michel Simon movie,often his best ones:Duvivier's "La Fin du Jour" and "Panique" ,Carné's "Quai des Brumes".
Hungarish Radvanyi was no match for these giants of the French cinema.But he displayed originality and anyway Simon is so great an actor he can overcome the worst directing.
The film begins with a prologue using "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" an old French folk song as a metaphor of life.There are many childlike songs in the movie anyway ("Nous N'Irons PLus Au Bois" "Il Etait Un Petit Navire"and more).Simon portrays an ugly man whose days are numbered cause his heart is not in good shape.His family is hateful and he wants somebody to love.He wants a child and he needs -a subject that was risqué for the time- some kind of surrogate mother.
The plot is often meandering and the fable is somewhat ponderous,with hackneyed symbolism (the clock)but when you've got Michel Simon ,you do not need anything else to enjoy a movie.