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Original title: Le rosier de Madame Husson

1932
57m

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Madame Husson looks over her town in vain for a girl who can be crowned with the traditional garland of roses symbolizing innocence,so picks a boy.After which the lad, drunk from celebrating... Read allMadame Husson looks over her town in vain for a girl who can be crowned with the traditional garland of roses symbolizing innocence,so picks a boy.After which the lad, drunk from celebrating, loses his innocence in a place of debauchery.Madame Husson looks over her town in vain for a girl who can be crowned with the traditional garland of roses symbolizing innocence,so picks a boy.After which the lad, drunk from celebrating, loses his innocence in a place of debauchery.

Director
- Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Writers
- Guy de Maupassant
- Russell M. Spalding
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6.5/10

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Director
- Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Writers
- Guy de Maupassant
- Russell M. Spalding
Stars

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This movie was banned from public viewing by the Swedish Censorship board in September 1933. Swedish censorship number 49.580. The original importer was Svensk Filmindustri. Many years later another importer Regent, managed to get this movie through the Swedish Censorship board with a cut version (circa 100 meters) and a new Censorship number 72.499, so it got a very belated premiere in Sweden.

Connections
Version of The Prize (1950)

Soundtracks
Quand ça me Prend
Music by Michel Michelet
Lyrics by Jean Boyer
Performed by Fernandel

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7/10

"Cinema is the school of vice."

For the final day of ICM's French Film Challenge,I wanted to pick something a bit special to view. Digging into the pile of 1932 French movies waiting to be viewed,I found one which had no IMDb reviews,which led to me finding out who he is.

Note:Some spoilers.

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In adapting Guy de Maupassant's novel, the screenplay by " Russell M. Spalding" (who with no other credits is likely an alias) twists the classic into a US Pre-Code-inspired tale, (it later got put out in a dubbed,cut down version in the US)with Isidore pure innocence unleashing playfully comedic double entendres and sly asides over who will take his virginity. His first film since 1922, director Dominique Bernard-Deschamps & cinematographer Nicolas Farkas put one foot in the "talkie" and the other kept in the "Silent", as the quick-fired dialogue is paired with stylish Silent passages, (backed by Michel Michelet's delicate score) of Isidore edging towards losing his innocence. The model of virtue in the town, Françoise Rosay gives a shining, witty turn as Husson, whilst Fernandel convincingly holds on Isidore's face a total lack of self-awareness over what he encounters.