The Curtain Rises
"I was seventeen, I'm not anymore because you are and seventeen is not for everyone at the same time!"
- Marc Allégret
- 1h 39m
- October 6, 1938 · France
Overview
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 6, 1938
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Filmsonor,Regina Films
- Cast
- Odette Talazac,Paul Delauzac,Jacqueline Valois,Mady Made,Claude Dauphin,Nina Sinclair,Wanda Kérien,Sylvie Deniau,Monique Mélinand,Sylvieand 43 more
- Director
- Marc Allégret
- Producer
- Arys Nissoti,Pierre O'Connell
- Cinematography
- Christian Matras,Ernest Bourreaud
- Music
- Georges Auric
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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