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''The Beguines'' () is a 1972
drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
film directed by
Guy Casaril Guy Casaril (11 November 1933 – 3 May 1996) was a French film director, screenwriter and non-fiction writer. His first film, ''L'Astragale'', was a cinematic adaptation of an eponymous novel by Albertine Sarrazin. His biopic about Edith Piaf was ...
and starring
Nicole Courcel Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
and Anicée Alvina. It is based on the 1951 novel ''Le Rempart des béguines'' by Belgian author
Françoise Mallet-Joris Françoise Mallet-Joris (6 July 1930 – 13 August 2016), the pen name of Françoise Lilar, was a Belgian author. She was a member of the Prix Femina committee from 1969 to 1971 and was appointed to the ''Académie Goncourt'' from November 1971 ...
. The plot centers around a stage that is reminiscent of Mallet-Joris's native hometown of Antwerp and addresses the themes of social class and korephilia. The film was released in France on 20 September 1972.


Synopsis

Helena is a 15-year-old schoolgirl who lives with her wealthy father Rene and misses her dead mother. Helena is later seduced by her father's mistress Tamara, who takes advantage of the young girl's loneliness through manipulation and simultaneously enters an engagement with Rene.Martel, Frédéric. Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire des homosexuels en France: chronologie, bibliographie, 1968-1996. Vol. 35. GKC, 1996.


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Nicole Courcel Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...
as Tamara * Anicée Alvina as Helene *
Venantino Venantini Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor.Jean Martin Jean Martin (6 March 1922 – 2 February 2009Jean Martin
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as Rene *
Ginette Leclerc Ginette Leclerc (born Geneviève Lucie Menut; February 9, 1912 – January 2, 1992) was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born in Ile-de-France, France and ...
as Nina *
Harry-Max Harry-Max (born Maxime Louis Charles Dichamp; 23 November 1901 – 13 March 1979) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1938 to 1975. Filmography References External links * 1901 births 1979 deaths ...
as the grandfather * Yvonne Clech as Mme Perier *
Élizabeth Teissier Élizabeth Teissier (née Germaine Élizabeth Hanselmann; born 6 January 1938) is a French astrologer and former model and actress. Between 1975 and 1976, she created a daily horoscope on French television channel Antenne 2, and in 1981, she la ...
(credited as Elisabeth Tessier) as Puck * Nadia Barentin as Julia * Axelle Abbadie as Madeleine * Janine Mondon as himself * Clément Michu as Howard


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