The Terrible Children ( Les enfants terribles )

The Terrible Children (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Les enfants terribles
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

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

Directed By:
Jean-Pierre Melville

Written By:
Jean Cocteau
Jean-Pierre Melville

Actors:
Nicole Stéphane ..... Elisabeth
Edouard Dermithe ..... Paul
Renée Cosima ..... Dargelos / Agathe
Jacques Bernard ..... Gerard
Melvyn Martin ..... Michael
Jean-Marie Robain ..... Headmaster
Maurice Revel ..... Doctor
Rachel Devirys ..... Mariette
Adeline Aucoc ..... Vice Principal
Emile Mathys ..... Gerard's Uncle
Roger Gaillard ..... Narrator
Jean Cocteau ..... Le mannequin
Annabel Buffet ..... Young schoolboy (Extra)
Pierre Bénichou ..... The Mother
Karin Lannby
Hélène Rémy

Synopsis:

In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Paul has a deep affection for Dargelos, and later denies that there was a stone in the snowball that hit him. Back home Paul's sister Elisabeth takes care of him. The teenage siblings live together in one room, where they have developed several private games. Paul's schoolmate Gérard is secretly enamored of Elisabeth, and often stays with them. When Elisabeth introduces her new friend Agathe to Paul, he recognizes that she resembles Dargelos strongly, and immediately falls in love with her. Elisabeth marries a rich young American Jew, Michael, but he dies in a car accident the day after the wedding. Elisabeth inherits his big apartment with 18 rooms and a gallery, and the four friends move into it. Paul sleeps in the gallery, where he builds a replica of the siblings' old room. Both Paul and Agathe are secretly enamored of the other. When each of them reveals this to Elisabeth, she gets jealous, and starts developing a sinister plot to turn them away from each other.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 September, 2024.