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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... class difference between them . The sequences set at Caroline's uncle's house offer a satirical look at the leisured classes . Though the film ends with a passionate reconciliation , the couple's marriage is not the happily - ever ...
... class difference between them . The sequences set at Caroline's uncle's house offer a satirical look at the leisured classes . Though the film ends with a passionate reconciliation , the couple's marriage is not the happily - ever ...
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... classes beyond the bourgeoisie . " For this reason , it is worth considering very briefly two contemporary responses to post - war Italian cinema : that of the Communist critic Georges Sadoul and that of André Bazin . Sadoul hailed the ...
... classes beyond the bourgeoisie . " For this reason , it is worth considering very briefly two contemporary responses to post - war Italian cinema : that of the Communist critic Georges Sadoul and that of André Bazin . Sadoul hailed the ...
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... class man whose difficulties are those of everyday , ' real ' life - much like those encountered by the hero of ... classes as ' typically French ' - and which he hopes will be applied to a more worthy subject for Becker's next film ...
... class man whose difficulties are those of everyday , ' real ' life - much like those encountered by the hero of ... classes as ' typically French ' - and which he hopes will be applied to a more worthy subject for Becker's next film ...
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