Forbidden Fruit (1952)
Le Fruit défendu
A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young woman. As their relationship deepens, he becomes violently jealous and blames her for her dating and friendships.
- Date of release
- 1952-09-19
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Henri Verneuil
Casting
- Fernandel — Dr. Charles Pellegrin
- Françoise Arnoul — Martine Englebert
- Jacques Castelot — Boquet, le propriétaire du 'Poker bar'
- Fernand Sardou — Fontvielle
- René Génin — Le docteur Marchandeau
- Pierrette Bruno — Toinette, la garde-barrière
- Manuel Gary — Jacky
- Max Dalcourt
- Odette Roger
- Mireille Ponsard
- Micheline Gary — Léa
- Hélène Tossy — Madame Rochemaure
Interesting facts
- Based on: Act of Passion
- Filmed in: Marseille
Forbidden Fruit is a 1952 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul and Claude Nollier. Drawn from the novel Act of Passion by Georges Simenon, it omits the book's grim resolution and instead invents a happy ending. The story it tells is of a doctor in a provincial city with a devoted wife and children who falls for a sexy but transient young woman and then loses her before his domestic and professional life are both ruined. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini with costumes by Pierre Balmain.
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