Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Yves Allégret

Writers:

John Amila (novel)
Jean Meckert (writer)

Release Date:

15 November 1957 (France)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Henri Godot, the owner of a night-club in Paris. He calls to the young hitman, Jo to kill his rival Boby, who intrigues with his lover, Maine. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Edwige Feuillère	...	Maine
Jean Servais	...	Henri Godot
Bernard Blier	...	Felix Seguin
Pierre Mondy	...	Commissaire Verdier
Sophie Daumier	...	Colette Seguin
Pascale Roberts	...	Gigi
Jean Debucourt	...	Auguste Coudert de la Taillerie
Jean Lefebvre	...	Fred
Alain Delon	...	Jo
Madeleine Barbulée	...	La pâtissière
Henri Cogan	...	Alberti
Bruno Cremer	...	Bernard
Annie Darnis	...	La bonne
Jess Hahn	...	La Couture
Michel Jourdan	...	L'homme de main de Godot

Also Known As:

Die Killer lassen bitten (West Germany)
Godot (Italy)
Sans attendre Godot (France) (alternative title)
Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (UK)
When a Woman Meddles (USA) (TV title)
When the Woman Gets Confused

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16

Company:

Régina

Trivia:

Both Alain Delon and Bruno Cremer's first film.

En attendant Godot

"Quand la Femme S'En Mêle " is some kind of who's who of the FRench cinema of the era: Bernard Blier,Edwige Feuillère,Jean Servais,Jean Lefèvre,two promising young actors,Alain Delon and Bruno Cremer,not to mention the girl who's the young romantic lead ,Sophie Daumier (later known as Guy Bedos's partner),and many more.

The film itself is quite undistinguished .The director ,Yves Allegret,one of the French past masters of films noirs ,was the ghost of himself in 1957."Une Si Jolie Petite Plage" "Dédée d'Anvers" "Manèges" and "Les Orgueilleux" ,all made in the early fifties/Late forties seemed very far away.His 1957 effort is neither a comedy -although some of its lines are funny enough(Daughter:Mom,there are two dead bodies on the street ;Mother:darling,it's common in Paris!)- nor a film noir .Allégret tried to mix the genres and the results are not convincing.Sometimes,Edwige Feuillère's character recalls that of Jenny played by Françoise Rosay in Marcel Carné's eponymous movie (1936).Nowadays ,it's Delon's presence which attracts the viewers.They'd better choose René Clément's "Plein Soleil" instead.