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 11
... depicted defiantly smoking a cigarette , an insolent smile on her face . 10 While Hélie's lack of solidarity with her fellow prostitutes might preclude her from becoming a feminist icon , she does nonetheless offer a rare public glimpse ...
... depicted defiantly smoking a cigarette , an insolent smile on her face . 10 While Hélie's lack of solidarity with her fellow prostitutes might preclude her from becoming a feminist icon , she does nonetheless offer a rare public glimpse ...
Page 78
... depiction of characters and their environments – and their discussions of Casque d'or develop these issues of authorship and realism in relation to the film's perceived authenticity ( or lack of it ) . Georges Sadoul and Les Lettres ...
... depiction of characters and their environments – and their discussions of Casque d'or develop these issues of authorship and realism in relation to the film's perceived authenticity ( or lack of it ) . Georges Sadoul and Les Lettres ...
Page 79
... depiction of a working - class man whose difficulties are those of everyday , ' real ' life - much like those encountered by the hero of Bicycle Thieves , for example - the portrait not of a victim of fate but of a victim of society ...
... depiction of a working - class man whose difficulties are those of everyday , ' real ' life - much like those encountered by the hero of Bicycle Thieves , for example - the portrait not of a victim of fate but of a victim of society ...
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