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Marchand d'amour

1935 · 78 min

A wry, bittersweet backstage tale about artistic pride and its costs, watched with a knowing smile that slowly turns tender.

Directed by
Edmond T. Gréville
Starring
Jean Galland, Rosine Deréan, Jacqueline Daix
Overview
A genius director whose daring and sensual films have earned him the nickname "The Merchant of Love", claims to escape commercial contingencies and direct the film of his life on his own. It is a resounding failure that leads him to the forfeiture from which the fate of a woman's love.

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Directed by
Edmond T. Gréville
Starring
Jean Galland, Rosine Deréan, Jacqueline Daix
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • ambition
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Directed by
Edmond T. Gréville
Starring
Jean Galland, Rosine Deréan, Jacqueline Daix, Robert Arnoux, Françoise Rosay, Paul Ollivier, Maurice Maillot, Félix Oudart
Runtime
78 min

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