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The Strange Madame X is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean Grémillon with Michèle Morgan
The Strange Madame X (1951)
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Add to a movie listThe Strange Madame X (French: L'Étrange Madame X) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Marcelle Maurette, Pierre Laroche (dialogue) and Albert Valentin (adaptation). It stars Michèle Morgan and Henri Vidal. It tells the story of a housemaid who marries an aristocrat, then falls in love with a low-born laborer and becomes pregnant by him.
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Étienne rencontre Irène dans un stade lors d'une rencontre sportive. Ils partent un dimanche pour la campagne et s'éprennent définitivement l'un de l'autre. Lui travaille dans un atelier de menuiserie, elle, est femme de chambre de madame Voisin-Larive, une bourgeoise, du moins est-ce ainsi qu'elle s'est présentée à son amant. En réalité, elle est l'épouse de Voisin-Larive dont elle fut la secrétaire particulière. Elle a accepté de l'épouser sans l'aimer et son mari s’accommode de ce mariage chaste.Actors
Michèle Morgan
(Irène Voisin-Larive)
Henri Vidal
(Étienne)
Arlette Thomas
(Jeannette)
Maurice Escande
(Jacques Voisin-Larive)
Robert Vattier
(Moissac)
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