Les filles de Malemort

Jan 16 1974 N/A 1h 30m
Fantasy, Horror

A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth century in rural France. The old man Deroze plays his violin and tries to seduce the maid. His elder daughter Maxime "qui tue les mouches et deguste en cachette des fruits juteux". Underneath her bourgeois facade her senses are not yet put to rest. There is the rest of this upstairs/downstairs family who is visited by a sea captain who learns of a hidden treasure The storyline of this adult fairy tale is less important than the cinematography and the lyric fairy tale atmosphere that surrounds this movie. A little masterpiece still to be rediscovered.

Plot

Monsieur Derose, his daughter Maxime, two maids, Ida and Clémence, and a handyman, Antoine, live in the castle of Malemort. Monsieur Derose is supposed to know the hiding place of a treasure and all are waiting him to reveal where it is.

Written by

Daniel Daërt, Jacques Valois

Directed by

Daniel Daërt

Cast

Nicole Chomo, Christian Duroc, Pierre Forget

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

La Compagnie Parisienne de Films, Reda productions

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
45
Average Rating
4.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA