Les orgueilleux

"Strips Bare of Prim Morality a Side of Love That Women Won't Admit - Even to Themselves!"

Nov 25 1953 N/A 1h 43m
Drama, Romance

Nelly arrives with her sick husband in a remote town in Mexico. But the hot weather does not help the sick husband and he ends up dying of meningitis. In this sudden and painful way, Nelly, who realizes that she has lost her tickets and money, ends up alone and lost in this foreign country. The only help she gets comes from an alcoholic named Georges, who she will end up discovering is a French expatriate who has not managed to recover from the tragic death of his wife.

Plot

The first to die in an epidemic of meningitis in Vera Cruz is a French tourist. His wife Nellie, detached and indifferent, feels little grief and realizes that her coldness is her own doom. Over the next two days, she is attracted to George, a local drunk who does odd jobs for brothels and dances grotesquely for tourists in exchange for drinks. George has his own dark secret, a tragedy he caused that leaves him with a death wish. In assisting the local doctor to cope with the epidemic, these two emotional cripples enable each other to rediscover reasons to live and to love.

Written by

Jean Aurenche, Jérôme Géronimi, Yves Allégret

Directed by

Yves Allégret, Rafael E. Portas

Cast

Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Crew

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Production Countries

Mexico, France

Production Companies

Reforma Films, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)

Languages

Français, Español

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

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