Film Synopsis
Monsieur Bonnefous is the headmaster of a girls' boarding school in
Versailles. One night, to escape his tyrannical wife, he goes for
a drink at the local bar. When he returns home, completely drunk,
he accidentally sets fire to the house. The school is so badly
damaged that the pupils must be sent away for a while. Miss
Barfleur, one of the teachers, has to return the girls unexpectedly to
their parents. Germaine is the daughter of an actress who
pretends that she is her sister so that she can appear younger.
Andrée finds her parents in a club - they are too busy playing
bridge even to notice her. Geneviève's parents are a poor
couple who have had to make a lot of sacrifices to pay for her
education. Louise discovers that her mother, Madame de Saint
André, is not an aristocrat but a clairvoyant who adopted her
from the state. Jeanne returns to her father, a humble
doctor. Georgette discovers that her father is the famous clown
Auguste, but Yvonne's father is Monsieur Veyrier, a society man who is
waiting for her in a fashionable bar...
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Film Credits
- Director: René Le Hénaff
- Script: Yves Mirande
- Cinematographer: Jean Bachelet
- Music: René Sylviano
- Cast: Gaby Morlay (Madame de Saint-André),
Fernand Ledoux (Auguste),
Louise Carletti (Yvonne),
Renée Faure (Mademoiselle Barfleur),
Huguette Duflos (L'actrice),
Marguerite Pierry (Madame Bonnefous),
Denise Grey (La mère d'Andrée),
Elina Labourdette (Germaine),
Rosine Luguet (Georgette),
Pierre Mingand (Veyrier),
Pierre Larquey (Anatole Bonnefous),
Lucien Nat (Le père d'Andrée),
Yves Deniaud (Le client de la voyante),
Sophie Desmarets (Louise),
Henriette Berriau,
Henri Bosc,
Jacques Charon,
Pierre Darteuil,
Henri de Livry,
Marguerite de Morlaye
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Black and White
- Runtime: 100 min