End of Desire (1958)
Une vie
A one-man woman...and a man of many loves...then...the...
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon marries. Her happiness is short-lived as she finds out that not only has Julien married her for her money but he cheats on her as well, with Rosalie to crown it all.
- Date of release
- 1958-09-24
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alexandre Astruc
Casting
- Maria Schell — Jeanne Dandieu
- Christian Marquand — Julien de Lamare
- Pascale Petit — Rosalie
- Louis Arbessier — Monsieur Dandieu
- Marie-Hélène Dasté — Madame Dandieu
- Antonella Lualdi — Gilberte
- Ivan Desny — De Fourcheville
- Gérard Darrieu — Un pêcheur
- Michel Slubicki — Paul de Lamare
- Andrée Tainsy — Ludivine - la servante
Interesting facts
- Based on: Une Vie
One Life is a 1958 French drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc, starring Maria Schell and Christian Marquand. It is also known as End of Desire in the United States. It is set in the 19th century and tells the story of the unhappy marriage between an idealistic woman of aristocratic background and a cynical man. The film is based on the novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant. It was shown in competition at the 19th Venice International Film Festival. It had 2,315,098 admissions in France.
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