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Manon
Manon

Manon (1949)

70% User Rating
1h 41min
Drama
Adventure
Thriller

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector

Cast

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Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

Léon Lescaut

Michel Auclair

Michel Auclair

Robert Dégrieux

Cécile Aubry

Cécile Aubry

Manon Lescaut

Andrex

Andrex

Smuggler

Raymond Souplex

Raymond Souplex

M. Paul

André Valmy

André Valmy

Lt. Besnard

Henri Vilbert

Henri Vilbert

Ship Captain

Héléna Manson

Héléna Manson

Gossipy Woman

Simone Valère

Simone Valère

Isé

Gabrielle Dorziat

Gabrielle Dorziat

Saleswoman

Dora Doll

Dora Doll

Juliette

Gabrielle Fontan

Gabrielle Fontan

Mme. Agnès

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Wanda Ottoni

Rosy Varte

Rosy Varte

Edmond Ardisson

Edmond Ardisson

Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Second

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Headwaiter

Jean Hébey

Jean Hébey

Hotel Manager

Jean Témerson

Jean Témerson

Doorman

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Paul Barge

(uncredited)

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Charles Camus

Old Gentleman (uncredited)

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Marius David

(uncredited)

Joé Davray

Joé Davray

(uncredited)

Hubert de Lapparent

Hubert de Lapparent

(uncredited)

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Jean Despeaux

Boxer (uncredited)

Max Doria

Max Doria

(uncredited)

Jacques Dynam

Jacques Dynam

Sailor (uncredited)

Max Elloy

Max Elloy

Waiter (uncredited)

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Georges Fabre

Sailor (uncredited)

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Robert Fretel

(uncredited)

Daniel Ivernel

Daniel Ivernel

American Officer (uncredited)

François Joux

François Joux

Architect (uncredited)

Jean Lagache

Jean Lagache

(uncredited)

Elisa Lamotte

Elisa Lamotte

(uncredited)

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Liliane Maigné

(uncredited)

Frédéric Mariotti

Frédéric Mariotti

Helmsman (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

Franck Maurice

Traveler (uncredited)

Geneviève Morel

Geneviève Morel

Mother on the train (uncredited)

Henri Niel

Henri Niel

(uncredited)

Raphaël Patorni

Raphaël Patorni

(uncredited)

Perrette Souplex

Perrette Souplex

(uncredited)

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Victor Tabournot

(uncredited)

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Jean-Marc Tennberg

(uncredited)

Pierre Trabaud

Pierre Trabaud

(uncredited)

Charles Vissières

Charles Vissières

Old Man (uncredited)

Louis Vonelly

Louis Vonelly

Mr. Dégrieux (uncredited)

Reviews (1)

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John Chard
John Chard
Rating 90%

September 28, 2019

I need fun and sparkle - I hate poverty! Manon is directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Clouzot co-adapts the screenplay with Jean Ferry from the novel "Manon Lescaut" written by Abbe Prevost. It stars Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry, Andrex and Raymond Souplex. Music is by Paul Misraki and cinematography by Armand Thirard. Clouzot, still smarting from the hysterical fall out from his brilliant "Le Corbeau", realigns the Prevost novel to post war France right after the liberation from Nazi occupancy. With his muse set alight, Clouzot set about putting on film the dark venality of the human condition, to show that post war France was hardly a joyous new world. Right here with "Manon" he lets rip, thrusting to the forefront black market racketeers and prostitution, people who inhabit a morally corrupt city in serious decay. The central narrative concerns Robert Dégrieux (Auclair a splendid dope) and Manon Lescaut (Aubry cunningly adorable), where the former quickly falls in love with the latter and finds himself spun into a vortex of mistrust and misjudgements, becoming more compulsive and foolish by the day. The pursuit of a dream life by both Robert and Manon, runs concurrently with that of the Jewish people attempting to reach Israel, it is here where Clouzot is building towards a quite outstanding last quarter of film. As the pic pulses away with film noir character beats, these are matched by the visual astuteness of the director and his cinematographer, who use high contrasts and canted angles for narrative embracement. A number of striking sequences grab the attention, be it the portentous meeting of Robert and Manon in the war torn ruins of a church (hello Christ imagery), or a mass trek through the desert beneath ominously low night time clouds, the makers ensure the mood is constantly foreboding. Superbly performed by the cast, "Manon" is further evidence of what a true great of cinema Clouzot was. 9/10

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