The Cousins ( Les Cousins )

The Cousins (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Les Cousins
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Claude Chabrol

Written By:
Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff

Actors:
Gérard Blain ..... Charles
Jean-Claude Brialy ..... Paul
Juliette Mayniel ..... Florence
Guy Decomble ..... Bookseller
Geneviève Cluny ..... Geneviève
Michèle Méritz ..... Yvonne
Corrado Guarducci ..... Italian Count Minerva
Stéphane Audran ..... Françoise
Paul Bisciglia ..... Marc
Jeanne Pérez ..... Cleaning lady
Françoise Vatel ..... Martine
André Chanal ..... Un joueur de bridge
Gilbert Edard
Clara Gansard
Jean-Louis Maury

Synopsis:

This was the first of several films that would win international awards for French New Wave director Claude Chabrol. His aloof, innovative approach to the simple story says as much as the plot itself in which two cousins symbolize polar opposites. Charles (Gerard Blain ) is the cousin from the provinces with 'bourgeois' values. His steadfast determination unfortunately does not help him pass exams or at first, succeed with women. Paul (Jean-Claude Brialy) is the urbane, rather debauched and decadent cousin who appears to conquer all. Appearances can be deceiving as they soon discover when Charles falls for Paul's friend Florence (Juliette Mayniel) -- and tragedy waits in the wings.

Country boy comes to Paris to stay with his rich, dissipated cousin. The country cousin falls in love with a girl who betrays him, flunks his exam, though his cousin passes. In an accident, the country boy is shot dead by his cousin.

Two cousins--one from the country, the other from the city--study at the same law school in Paris. Soon, they begin to vie for the same girl, resulting in the destruction of one at the hands of the other.

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