25.6.10

les parents terribles (1948)


"...you dreamers always get what you want..."
When Michel (Jean Marais) tells his parents he is in love, they are both distressed for different reasons. His over possessive Mother Yvonne (Yvonne de Bray) believes she will lose him. Whilst his father Georges (Marcel André) is distressed because it is his mistress, Madeleine (Josette Day), whom Michel loves. With the help of Yvonne's maiden sister, Léo (Gabrielle Dorziat), they decide to separate Michel and Madeleine...
A claustrophobic and stiffling play, focused on the selfishness of parents, well these parents anyway.

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