The Best Part
La Meilleure Part
Release: 1955-12-30
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.8
Drama
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Production Countries
Italy
France
Production Companies
Silver Films
Noria Film
Le Trident
Cast
Valeria Moriconi
as Odette
Michèle Cordoue
as Micheline
Marcel Bozzuffi
Olivier Hussenot
as Colombin
Charles Denner
as An assistant engineer
Gérard Hernandez
as The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jean-Jacques Lécot
as Pasquier
Louis Velle
as The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières
as Luigi
Georges Chamarat
as Lemoigne
Robert Bazil
Giacomo Furia
as The canteen manager
Gino Marturano
Umberto Spadaro
as Gino
Alberto Bonucci
as Antoine
Émile Genevois
as Worker
Gérard Oury
as Gérard Bailly
Madame Pâquerette
as The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)
Gérard Philipe
as Philippe Perrin
Jess Hahn
as Karl
Jean Lefebvre
as Raymond
Gabriel Gobin
as A card player
Paola Borboni
as (uncredited)
