The Bouquinquant Brothers
Les Frères Bouquinquant
Release: 1948-01-11
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Societe Radio Cinema
Alkam
Cast
Albert Préjean
as Léon Bouquinquant
Roger Pigaut
as Pierre Bouquinquant
Juliette Gréco
as Nun
Jean Vilar
as Priest
Nicole Desailly
Denise Kerny
as Inmate
Victor Vina
as Doctor
Madeleine Robinson
as Julie Bouquinquant born Moret
Louise Fouquet
Richard Francœur
Paule Launay
Louis Seigner
as Investigating judge
Paul Frankeur
as Commissioner