Overview
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the meek, diligent Charles the thrills of city life. When Charles falls for Florence, one of Paul's acquaintances, relationships begin to shift.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Bear (1959)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Paris
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Paul Misraki
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Henri Decaë
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Claude ChabrolScreenplay
- Original title
- Les Cousins
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 11, 1959
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cast
Gérard BlainCharles
Jean-Claude BrialyPaul
Juliette MaynielFlorence
Guy DecombleLe libraire
Geneviève ClunyGeneviève
Michèle MéritzYvonne- Corrado GuarducciItalian Count Minerva
Stéphane AudranFrançoise
Paul BiscigliaMarc
Jeanne PérezLa femme de ménage
Françoise VatelMartine
André Chanal- Gilbert Edard
Clara Gansard
Jean-Louis MauryUn étudiant joueur de bridge- Virginie Vitry
Jean-Marie Arnoux- Robert Barre
- Michel Benoist
- Gaby Blondé
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