Film
The Bouquinquant Brothers
France- Director
- Louis Daquin
- Year
- 1948
A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who does not take long to ask her to marry him. Alas, Léon turns out to be violent, alcoholic and lazy. Faced with her misfortune, Julie gets closer to her brother-in-law Pierre, the opposite of Léon, serious and hardworking, and they become lovers. The drama will rush when Julie becomes pregnant with Pierre.
Top cast
Albert Préjean
Léon Bouquinquant
Madeleine Robinson
Julie Bouquinquant born Moret
Roger Pigaut
Pierre Bouquinquant
Abel Jacquin
Mona Dol
Madame Leclerc
Nicole Desailly
Louise Fouquet
Richard Francœur
Paul Frankeur
Commissioner
Juliette Gréco
Nun
Denise Kerny
Inmate
Paule Launay
Charles Lavialle
Monsieur Thomas
Louis Seigner
Investigating judge
Jean Vilar
Priest
Victor Vina
Doctor
Directed by
Louis Daquin
Written by
Louis Daquin, Roger Vailland, André Cerf
Produced by
Alexandre Kamenka