"Eglantine" ,Brialy's charming debut featured an old grandma (Valentine Tessier) who used to gather her grandsons and granddaughters in her mansion.
Nostalgia is the keyword to Brialy's movies as a director ;his sophomore effort ,although not for the whole family this time, takes place in a brothel in Brittany where a sailor (on furlough or a deserter?) takes refuge and becomes the darling of the ladies .... Do not expect "la maison Tellier " ;neither Brialy nor his colloborator Forlani is Maupassant ;the story is not really enthusing and even sometimes tedious .
The interest lies elsewhere: Brialy gathered a bevy of French actresses ,some of whom (Marie Bell, Ginette Leclerc) belong to the glorious old French cinema ) ;the male lead was Jacques Charrier ,ex-Brigitte Bardot's husband , who,although only 37 ,was already a man of the past ,his time had passed long ago ;it was to be his last theatrically-released movie -coincidentally ,BB's career ended the very same year.
A certain retro-style charm , but do not expect much.
Nostalgia is the keyword to Brialy's movies as a director ;his sophomore effort ,although not for the whole family this time, takes place in a brothel in Brittany where a sailor (on furlough or a deserter?) takes refuge and becomes the darling of the ladies .... Do not expect "la maison Tellier " ;neither Brialy nor his colloborator Forlani is Maupassant ;the story is not really enthusing and even sometimes tedious .
The interest lies elsewhere: Brialy gathered a bevy of French actresses ,some of whom (Marie Bell, Ginette Leclerc) belong to the glorious old French cinema ) ;the male lead was Jacques Charrier ,ex-Brigitte Bardot's husband , who,although only 37 ,was already a man of the past ,his time had passed long ago ;it was to be his last theatrically-released movie -coincidentally ,BB's career ended the very same year.
A certain retro-style charm , but do not expect much.
