''Love, Madame'' (French: ''L'Amour, Madame'') is a 1952 French

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directed by

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and starring

Arletty Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including '' Hotel du ...

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and

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. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in

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and on location on the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Clavel.

Plot

Madame Célerier is determined to marry off her son François to a rich and haughty woman but François has other plans. During a train journey south he encounters the

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who is travelling to the

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. On his arrival his mother claims that he has become the lover of Arletty to the family of Diane who François truly loves.

Cast

as Herself *

as François Célerier *

as Diane Broussard * Clément Thierry as Alain Broussard *

Nadine Basile Nadine Basile (1931–2017) was a French stage, film and television actress.Goble p.140 She was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1952. She was married to the actor Jean Martinelli. Selected filmography * '' The Sinners'' (1949) * '' Under t ...

as Michèle Broussard * Marcelle Hainia as Mrs Broussard *

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as actress * Michel Boulau as young man * Daniel Cauchy as young man * Constance Thierry as young woman * Carmen de Lara as young woman *

Jeanne Fusier-Gir Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885–1973) was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the painter Charles Gir, and was the mother of the film director François Gir.Rège p. 442 Selected filmography * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1 ...

as Berthe *

Robert Burnier Robert Burnier (1897–1974) was a French film actor.Goble p.920 Selected filmography * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Miche'' (1932) * ''Côte d'Azur'' (1932) * ''Make-Up'' (1932) * ''Nothing But Li ...

as Mr Broussard *

Mireille Perrey Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy '' Hotel Sahara'' (1951). In ...

as Mrs Célerier *

Jean Marais Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...

as Himself *

Josette Day Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory (31 July 1914 – 27 June 1978), better known as Josette Day, was a French film actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1919 at the age of five. When she was 18, Day was the mistress of Paul Mora ...

as Herself

References

External links

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L'Amour, Madame (1952)
at the ''Films de France'' 1952 films French comedy-drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Gilles Grangier 1952 comedy-drama films 1950s French films French films based on plays Films shot at Boulogne Studios Films scored by Georges Van Parys French-language comedy-drama films {{1950s-France-film-stub