Le Désert de Pigalle (1958)
Directed by Léo Joannon
Drama
aka: A Priest in Pigalle
Film Synopsis
Paris in the late 1950s. Janin, a young missionary, chooses to exercise his vocation as a priest in Pigalle, hoping that he may save several young women from a life of prostitution. Working as a barman, he comes into conflict with Maurice, one of the pimps in the Montmartre area. He then falls foul of a woman named Josy, who, not knowing that Janin is a priest, falls in love with him. One day, whilst helping to steer Malou away from her sordid profession, Janin gets into a fight with Maurice and sustains a serious injury. Josy runs to his aid, unable to control her feelings for the priest. When Janin repels her, Josy takes her revenge by drawing a young protégée of his into her business...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Léo Joannon
- Script: Hervé Bromberger, Serge Groussard, Jacques Sigurd
- Cinematographer: André Bac
- Music: Marguerite Monnot
- Cast: Annie Girardot (Josy), Pierre Trabaud (Janin), Léo Joannon (Maurice), Nelly Vignon (Georgette), Jess Hahn (Bill), Pierre Jolivet (Gégé), Milly Mathis (Minouche), Claire Guibert (Malou), Monique Vita (Véra), Sylvie Adassa (Simone), Jean-Louis Le Goff (Mr. Cazeneuve), Nicolas Amato (Giuseppe), Jannick Arvel (Paulette), Geneviève Beau (La Religieuse), Laurent Dumm (L'Écailler), Michel Etcheverry (Le Radiologue), Paul Faivre (L'Aumonier), Georges Géret (René), Mona Goya (Delmine), Claude Le Lorrain (L'Abbé)
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: French
- Support: Black and White
- Runtime: 100 min
- Aka: A Priest in Pigalle ; The Desert of Pigalle
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