''That Tender Age'' (French: ''L'Âge ingrat''), is a 1964 French
comedy film
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directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin In ...
that unites two major stars in
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
and
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...
.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163] It recounts how two families are drawn together by an engagement between two of their children, are then torn apart when the young couple fall out, and are finally reconciled.
It was shot at the
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in
Paris
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and
on location around the city and at
Toulon
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Jacques Colombier.
Plot
Before parting for the summer vacation, the students Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin decide to get engaged. Marie's father Émile is guarded, but Antoine's father Adolphe is ecstatic and insists that all the Malhouin family must come and stay with his family in his villa at St Tropez. When they arrive, Émile as a phlegmatic Norman finds the endless bonhomie and bragging of the Provençal Adolphe increasingly annoying. His son Antoine also has a fiery Mediterranean temperament, which erupts in a disco when Marie dances with an old flame and Antoine thumps him. Appalled, Marie breaks off the engagement.
Insulted at his son being rejected, Adolphe says more to Émile than he should, upon which Émile packs family and baggage into the car and drives straight back to Paris. One evening Marie does not come home and to try and find her Émile rings everybody he can think of. The phone being constantly busy, Adolphe is unable to contact him. He has come to Paris to try and find Antoine, who has disappeared. When in apprehension he knocks on Émile's door, he gets a frosty reception but at that point Marie rings home to say she is all right and with Antoine.
Cast
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Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
as Émile Malhouin
*
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan to ...
as Adolphe Lartigue
*
Marie Dubois
Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a Parisian-born French actress.
Career
She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next ...
as Marie Malhouin
*
Franck Fernandel
Franck Fernandel (born Franck Gérard Ignace Contandin; 10 December 1935 – 8 June 2011) was a French actor, singer and songwriter, and writer.
Biography
Franck was the only son of three children born to the famous French actor Fernandel
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as Antoine Lartigue
*
Paulette Dubost Paulette may refer to:
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as Françoise Malhouin
*
Claude Mann Claude may refer to:
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as Charles-Édouard
*
Madeleine Sylvain
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as Éliane Lartigue
*
Christine Simon as Florence Malhouin
*
Henri Rellys
Henri Marius Bourrelly (12 December 190520 July 1991), known by his stage name of Rellys, was a French actor.-
Selected filmography
* '' Three Sailors'' (1934)
* '' Merlusse'' (1935)
* ''Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940)
* '' Frederica'' (1942)
* ''The ...
as Monsieur Corbidas
*
Franck Cabot-David Franck can refer to:
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* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Frankie ...
as Henri Lartigue
*
Andrée Brabant
Marie Thérèse "Andrée" Brabant (1901–1989) was a French film actress.Goble p.161 She played a number of leading roles during the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' Le droit à la vie'' (1917)
* ''The Zone of Death'' (1917)
* '' Flipotte' ...
as Femme sur pédalo
*
Nicole Courget
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as Sophie Malhouin
*
Joël Monteilhet as Jules Lartigue
*
Yvonne Gamy as Félicie - la bonne
*
Georges Rostan
Georges Maurice Gerard Rostan (14 November 1938 – 26 March 2020) was a French actor.
Filmography
*''La Cuisine au Beurre'' (1963)
* ''That Tender Age
''That Tender Age'' (French: ''L'Âge ingrat''), is a 1964 French comedy film directed by G ...
as Max Lartigue
*
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
as L'estivant récalcitrant
References
Bibliography
* Harriss, Joseph. ''Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France''. McFarland, 2018.
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1960s French-language films
1964 films
1964 comedy films
French comedy films
Films directed by Gilles Grangier
Films shot at Saint-Maurice Studios
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
1960s French films