Every Day Has Its Secret

Every Day Has Its Secret (1958)

Chaque jour a son secret

Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives in Paris to find her eminent ethnologist husband. She learns of his death in obscure circumstances, having remarried in the meantime. She sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding her husband's death.

Date of release
1958-06-11
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Claude Boissol

Casting

Interesting facts

Every Day Has Its Secret is a 1958 French drama thriller film directed by Claude Boissol, written by Paul Andréota, Claude Boissol, and Pierre Laroche, and starring Jean Marais and Danièle Delorme. The screenplay was adapted from a popular mystery novel written by Spanish author Maria Luisa Linarès.

Production and reception

Principal photography took place in the early months of 1958 at the historic Billancourt Studios in Paris, which provided the necessary interior sets to replicate the claustrophobic design of the Lezcano manor. Director Claude Boissol utilized stylized film noir shadow techniques alongside cinematographer Roger Fellous to emphasize the psychological strain experienced by the characters.

Upon its theatrical release in France on 11 June 1958, the film received mixed assessments from contemporary French film critics. While reviewers praised Jean Marais for delivering a restrained, atypical dramatic performance away from his usual swashbuckler roles, some critics found the narrative adaptation of Linarès' novel to be overly melodramatic.

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