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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... Leca's gang and escapes just before the police arrive . The following morning , Manda receives a note from Raymond ... Leca's treachery . Leca betrays Marie , who goes alone to the prison to help Manda and Raymond escape . They get away ...
... Leca's gang and escapes just before the police arrive . The following morning , Manda receives a note from Raymond ... Leca's treachery . Leca betrays Marie , who goes alone to the prison to help Manda and Raymond escape . They get away ...
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... Leca's house she again cuts these bullies down to size . Her body language claims an equal position with Leca in this scene , while the apaches are banished to the next room . When they introduce her as ' the object , she looks directly ...
... Leca's house she again cuts these bullies down to size . Her body language claims an equal position with Leca in this scene , while the apaches are banished to the next room . When they introduce her as ' the object , she looks directly ...
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... Leca's house , that they represent not a betrayal on Marie's part , but a further outrage of Leca's . Manda's murder of Leca , then , becomes an act of liberation , a final gift to Marie of her freedom , as well as an act of revenge for ...
... Leca's house , that they represent not a betrayal on Marie's part , but a further outrage of Leca's . Manda's murder of Leca , then , becomes an act of liberation , a final gift to Marie of her freedom , as well as an act of revenge for ...
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