Le bateau d'Émile (1962)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Denys de La Patellière

Writers:

Michel Audiard (dialogue)
Georges Simenon (novel)

Release Date:

3 March 1962 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Melodrama | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Annie Girardot	...	Fernande
Lino Ventura	...	Émile Bouet
Michel Simon	...	Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
Pierre Brasseur	...	François Larmentiel
Jacques Monod	...	Maître Lamazure
Edith Scob	...	Claude Larmentiel
Roger Dutoit	...	Patron du bistrot
Joëlle Bernard	...	La patronne de La Marine
Roger Pelletier	...	Simon Mougin
Etienne Bierry	...	Marcelin
André Certes	...	Lucien Beauvoisin
Jean Solar	...	Albert Vicart
Pierre Vielhescaze	...	Le marchand de radio
Guy Humbert	...	L'agent
Marcel Bernier	...	Plevedic

Also Known As:

Emile's Boat (International: English title)
Le homard flambé (France)
Letto fortuna e femmine (Italy)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France

Company:

Filmsonor

Weak French A feature.

It's easy to be awed by the achievements of Frog Cinema and forget that they regularly send out all that classy talent to make something as feeble as Hollywood at it's most crass.

This one is a big, handsomely mounted black and white 'scope piece connected to some Simenon story and fronted up by the admirable Lino Ventura and the superb Annie Giradot their peaks. She does her best trying to make his port girl friend into a real life person despite the attentions of an army of make up men and hair dressers. The water front setting holds promise but the mechanical handling of a dim script wastes whatever effort has gone into the thing.