The Prize (1950) ( Le Rosier de Madame Husson )

The Prize (1950) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Rosier de Madame Husson
Language Selections:
Arabic ( Subtitles )
Chinese ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Boyer

Written By:
Marcel Pagnol
Guy de Maupassant

Actors:
Bourvil ..... Isidore
Albert Duvaleix ..... Le curé
Christian Lude ..... Doctor
Henri Vilbert ..... Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
Jean Dunot ..... Polyte
Germaine Dermoz ..... Mme. Husson
Jacqueline Pagnol ..... Young Girl
Mireille Perrey ..... Countess de Blonville
Pauline Carton ..... Virginie
Suzanne Dehelly ..... Mlle. Cadenat
Nina Myral ..... Mme. de Gondreville
Jeanne Veniat ..... Mme. Pitart
Yvette Etiévant ..... Marie
Germaine Reuver ..... Nicoline
Georges Baconnet ..... M. Laboureur, le maire
Christian Duvaleix ..... Priest

Synopsis:

Filmed in 1950 as Le Rosier de Madame Husson, The Prize was produced and scripted by Marcel Pagnol, of "The Marseilles Trilogy" fame. The plot is motivated by a contest, wherein a prize of 100,000 francs will be bestowed upon the most virtuous maiden in a tiny French village. Virtue being a scarce commodity hereabouts, the money is eventually claimed by a young man named Isidore (Bourvil). Once the farcical situation is played for all it's worth, the story segues into a comedy of errors, culminating in an episode in a faraway house of ill repute. The upshot of all this is that Isidore loses the crown of virtue almost as quickly as he won it. Jacqueline Pagnol, the wife of Marcel Pagnol, has an amusing role as a coquettish farm lass.

Broadly comic story of a village simpleton who, after unsuccessful search for a virtuous girl to be crowned Rose Queen, is crowned Rose King and given the money.

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