The Cousins (1959)
Les cousins
112 min
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
- Release date
- March 11, 1959
- Country of origin
- France
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Trailer
Cast
- Gérard Blain as Charles
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Paul Thomas
- Juliette Mayniel as Florence
- Guy Decomble as Le libraire
- Geneviève Cluny as Geneviève
- Michèle Méritz as Yvonne
- Corrado Guarducci as Italian Count Minerva
- Stéphane Audran as Françoise
- Paul Bisciglia as Marc
- Jeanne Pérez as La femme de ménage
- Françoise Vatel as Martine
- Gilbert Edard
- Clara Gansard
- Jean-Louis Maury as Un étudiant joueur de bridge
- Jean-Marie Arnoux
- Jacques Deschamps
- André Jocelyn as Philippe
- Jean-Pierre Moulin as Un étudiant
- Christian Pezey
Crew
- Claude Chabrol · Director
- Claude Chabrol · Writer
- Paul Gégauff · Writer
- Claude Chabrol · Producer
- Paul Misraki · Composer
- Henri Decaë · Cinematographer
- Jacques Gaillard · Editor
- Bernard Evein · Production designer
- Jacques Saulnier · Production designer