''Tides of Passion'' (French: ''La foire aux femmes'') is a 1956 French-Italian romantic

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directed by

Jean Stelli Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922) * ''Gibraltar'' (1938) * ''Cristobal's Gold'' (1940) * '' The Blue V ...

and starring

Etchika Choureau Etchika Choureau (19 November 1929 – 25 January 2022) was a French film actress. She was at one point in a relationship with Hassan II of Morocco, who was then heir to the throne. Choureau died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 92. Filmogra ...

Jean Danet Jean Danet (14 January 1924 – 15 October 2001) was a French actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1942 and 1983. Danet was born in Auray, Brittany, France. Following World War II, he began work in films. He founded Tréteaux de France in ...

and

Dora Doll Dora Doll (born Dorothea Hermina Feinberg; 19 May 1922 – 15 November 2015) was a French actress. Career One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Manon'' (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's ...

. https://www.unifrance.org/film/5515/la-foire-aux-femmes It was shot in

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took place around Le Vanneau and the port of

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Clavel Robert Clavel (1912–1991) was a French art director.Hayward p.245 Selected filmography * '' All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949) * ''Tuesday's Guest'' (1950) * '' Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950) * ''The Paris Waltz'' (1950) * '' Passion'' (1951) * ' ...

Cast

as Ludvine *

as Jean-Pierre *

Alfred Adam Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Jose ...

as Armand Vignaud *

as Mariotte Borderet *

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as Michèle Vernay *

René Clermont René Clermont (14 November 1921 – 24 October 1994) was a French stage and film actor as well as a playwright. Theatre Comedian *1933: ''Trois pour 100'' by Roger Ferdinand, directed by Gabriel Signoret, Théâtre Antoine as Barbouin * ...

as Gros-Jésus *

Juliette Faber Juliette Faber (1919–2008) was a Luxembourg-born French stage and film actress.Goble p.428 Selected filmography * ''Happy Days'' (1941) * '' The Strangers in the House'' (1942) * ''Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) * ''The Temptation of Barbizon'' ( ...

as Jeanne Vichat *

Germaine Sablon Germaine Sablon (19 July 1899 at Le Perreux-sur-Marne – 17 April 1985 at Saint-Raphael) was a French singer, film actress and a WWII French Resistance fighter. She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956. Biography Germaine Sablon ...

as Mme Goudart *

Marie-Louise Godard Marie Louise or Marie-Louise may refer to: People *Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689), daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, queen consort of Charles II of Spain *Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688–1765), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave ...

as Louise Vichat * Christine Langier as Lucie * Claudine Bleuse as Rosette

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989. * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959''. Gremese Editore, 1991. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1956 films 1950s drama films Films directed by Jean Stelli French drama films Italian drama films 1950s French-language films 1950s French films 1950s Italian films Films shot in France Films based on French novels {{1950s-France-film-stub fr:La Foire aux femmes