Casque D'or: (Jacques Becker, 1952)Casque d'or's tragic love story of a golden-haired prostitute's attempt to escape a world of crime is a classic of 1950s French cinema. Sarah Leahy's guide analyzes the film, offers detailed discussions of its production and the public's response to it, and places it within the context of cinema and social history. |
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Page 37
... Ange Gabriel , the streets , Leca's house ) , dominated by Leca and his gang , where time is marked rigidly by appointments and routine . The second is that defined by the solid , working - class values of Danard and his workshop . Here ...
... Ange Gabriel , the streets , Leca's house ) , dominated by Leca and his gang , where time is marked rigidly by appointments and routine . The second is that defined by the solid , working - class values of Danard and his workshop . Here ...
Page 65
... Ange Gabriel and then wordlessly walking away from Manda after he has killed Roland , leaving him to Leca's taunts . Yet even before she sets up Manda's escape to the countryside there are clues to her ' private ' desires . The moment ...
... Ange Gabriel and then wordlessly walking away from Manda after he has killed Roland , leaving him to Leca's taunts . Yet even before she sets up Manda's escape to the countryside there are clues to her ' private ' desires . The moment ...
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... Ange Gabriel 1 Chic client at the Ange Gabriel 2 Chic client at the Ange Gabriel 3 Solange Certin ; Jacqueline Danno ; Anne Beressy ; Marianne Bergue ; Jacqueline Canterelle ; Gisèle Delzen ; Simone Jarnac ; Jacqueline Marbaut ...
... Ange Gabriel 1 Chic client at the Ange Gabriel 2 Chic client at the Ange Gabriel 3 Solange Certin ; Jacqueline Danno ; Anne Beressy ; Marianne Bergue ; Jacqueline Canterelle ; Gisèle Delzen ; Simone Jarnac ; Jacqueline Marbaut ...
Contents
Production contexts | 3 |
narrative style and ideology | 36 |
Reception at home and abroad | 72 |
Copyright | |
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actors aesthetic Amélie Hélie André Andrew Ange Gabriel Antoine et Antoinette apaches authenticity Bazin Becker's film Belle Epoque Belleville Burch and Sellier Cahiers du cinéma Casque d'or casquettes characters Christian-Jaque chronotopes Classic French Cinema Claude Dauphin close-ups Clouzot contemporary costume drama critics Danard dance Dédée d'Anvers depiction Dernier atout desire director dominant Doniol-Valcroze Edouard et Caroline emphasises example Falbalas feature female femininity femme film-making film's focus France French cinema French film gang gangster gaze gender genre Georges Sadoul Gérard Philipe Gervaise Ginette Vincendeau grisbi guinguette Jacques Becker Jean Joinville L'Ecran français Leca Leca's Léonie Lettres françaises look Magnan Manèges Marie and Manda Marie's Martine Carol masculinity melodrama Micheline mise-en-scène narrative Naumann offers Paris patriarchal popular post-war prostitute Quéval Raymond realism Renoir representation Roland role scene script seen September 1952 sequence Serge Reggiani sexual shot Simone Signoret spectator star Susan Hayward tradition Vignaux women Yves Allégret