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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... situation . The costume film is not the only genre to address gender issues , however . Some exceptional films with contemporary settings also place gender relations at their heart , including melodramas such as La Vérité sur Bébé Donge ...
... situation . The costume film is not the only genre to address gender issues , however . Some exceptional films with contemporary settings also place gender relations at their heart , including melodramas such as La Vérité sur Bébé Donge ...
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... situation as a prostitute , which has important contemporary resonances , firstly because of the closing of the brothels in the aftermath of the war , and secondly , as a comment on women's socio - economic position in 1950s France ...
... situation as a prostitute , which has important contemporary resonances , firstly because of the closing of the brothels in the aftermath of the war , and secondly , as a comment on women's socio - economic position in 1950s France ...
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... situation , and , even more astonishingly for the time , hints that her exploitation has some relevance to the contemporary situation of women in France : In love , in a milieu where women are bought and sold , Casque d'or lets the ...
... situation , and , even more astonishingly for the time , hints that her exploitation has some relevance to the contemporary situation of women in France : In love , in a milieu where women are bought and sold , Casque d'or lets the ...
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