The Bouquinquant Brothers

The Bouquinquant Brothers
Directed by	Louis Daquin
Written by	André Cerf Louis Daquin Roger Vailland
Based on	The Bouquinquant Brothers by Jean Prévost
Produced by	Pierre Blancheville André Cornu Alexandre Kamenka
Starring	Albert Préjean Madeleine Robinson Roger Pigaut
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Claude Nicole
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production companies	Radio Cinéma Société des Films Alkam
Distributed by	Radio Cinéma
Release date	15 September 1947 (1947-09-15)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Bouquinquant Brothers (French: Les frères Bouquinquant) is a 1947 French drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Albert Préjean, Madeleine Robinson and Roger Pigaut. It is based on the 1930 novel The Bouquinquant Brothers by Jean Prévost.^[1] It premiered at the 1947 Venice Film Festival and went on general release in France the following year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. It marked the film debut of the actress Juliette Gréco.

Synopsis

Julie Moret arrives in Paris from the provinces looking for work. She meets and marries Léon Bouquinquant who initially seems charming, but turns out to be a drunken brute. She soon begins to develop feelings for his brother Pierre.

Cast

• Albert Préjean as Léon Bouquinquant
• Madeleine Robinson as Julie Bouquinquant née Moret
• Roger Pigaut as Pierre Bouquinquant
• Mona Dol as Madame Leclerc
• Paul Frankeur as Le commissaire
• Juliette Gréco as Une religieuse
• Abel Jacquin as Louis
• Denise Kerny as Une détenue
• Charles Lavialle as Monsieur Thomas
• Louis Seigner as Le juge d'instruction
• Jean Vilar as Le prêtre
• Victor Vina as Le médecin

References

1. Goble p. 375

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Bouquinquant Brothers at IMDb