How to Make a French Dish (1964)
La Bonne Soupe
Amazing how a woman can rise in the world when she puts her mind to it...AND HER BODY!
In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's romantic exploits with men. Though she was involved with many men, only one really touched her heart. He was a bartender who was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery. She later marries and has a daughter. Unfortunately she alienates herself from her daughter when she has an affair with her daughter's fiance. Her remorse is short lived. The film jumps back to the present with the woman leaving the casino on the arm of a handsome millionaire.
- Date of release
- 1964-01-29
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (9)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Robert Thomas
Casting
- Annie Girardot — Marie / Marinette / Maryse / Marie-Paule young
- Marie Bell — Elderly Marie-Paule
- Gérard Blain — The painter
- Bernard Blier — Joseph
- Jean-Claude Brialy — Jacquot
- Blanchette Brunoy — Angèle
- Claude Dauphin — Mr. Oscar
- Sacha Distel — Roger
- Daniel Gélin — Raymond
- Denise Grey — Mrs. Boudard mother
- Jane Marken — Mrs. Alphonse
- Christian Marquand — Lucien Volard
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