Jean Anouilh — Playwright (4)

Movie

Cavalcade of Love (1939)
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other title: Cavalcade d'amour / Love Cavalcade …
Cavalcade D'Amour is divided into three sections, each depicting a romance occurring within the walls of the Chateau de Champs. Legend has it that whoever marries in the Chateau is doomed to an unhappy life. This proves to be the case in 1639 and 1839, but the heroine of the 1939 segment, Corinne Luchaire, is determined to break the jinx. She is convinced that she will prove an unsuitable bride for Claude Dauphin, and he is likewise convinced that he will turn out to be an inadequate groom. But the couple's respective families will not be dissuaded, and the marriage takes place as scheduled? with unexpectedly happy results!

Movie

The Bride of Darkness (1945)
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other title: Gespielin der Finsternis / La Fiancée des ténèbres …
Sylvie, a young woman who believes to be cursed, lives in the town of Carcassonne with her guardian, Mr. Toulzac. He is a retired teacher who wishes to discover the secret of the Cathars, a Christian sect of the Middle Ages that glorified death over life. Sylvie meets Roland, a composer who instills new hope into her troubled mind. Mr. Toulzac then asks her then to renounce the world and go down a secret tomb he has just found.

Movie

Dear Caroline (1951)
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Richard Pottier actor: 玛蒂妮·卡洛 / Alfred Adam …
other title: 卡洛琳 / Caroline chérie
德比埃菲尔侯爵的小女儿卡洛琳(玛蒂妮·卡洛 Martine Carol 饰)即将迎来自己16岁的生日,为了庆祝这个特殊的日子,侯爵夫人筹备了一场非常盛大的生日派对。实际上,侯爵夫人有着自己的算盘,她打算在这场派对中把自己的大女儿嫁给名为加斯多(雅克·达克米纳 Jacques Dacqmine 饰)的侯爵,也算了却了自己一个心愿。 哪知道,加斯多伯爵在误打误撞之中闯入了卡洛琳的闺房,就这样,这两人在阴差阳错之下展开了一段孽缘。法国大革命的硝烟很快就蔓延到了这些贵族们的生活之中,被加斯多虏获了芳心的卡洛琳一直没有放弃过寻找爱人的踪迹,然而,当她再次见到加斯多时,这个薄情的男人已经变心了,心痛欲绝的卡洛琳转而嫁给了一直在追求着她的贝迪亚(Jacques Clancy 饰)。