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Gueule d'amour (1937)

94 min · Melodrama

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Directors

Jean Grémillon

Cast

Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare, Henri Poupon, Jean Aymé, Pierre Magnier

A handsome soldier’s romance with a wealthy woman faces the emerging gulf between their social backgrounds.

The story

In 1936, Lucien Bourrache is a handsome soldier in the Orange Spahi regiment. His uniform and good looks make him popular in his garrison town, where he earns the nickname “Heartthrob.” While on leave in Cannes, he falls in love with a beautiful, wealthy woman. As their relationship begins, the difference between their social backgrounds becomes apparent.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

1936: Lucien Bourrache is a handsome soldier in the Orange Spahi regiment. In his magnificent uniform, he sets hearts aflutter throughout his garrison town, earning him the nickname “Heartthrob.” One evening, while on leave in Cannes, he falls in love with a beautiful, wealthy woman. They embark on a relationship marked first by longing, then by simple happiness, and finally by increasingly serious quarrels as the insurmountable gap between their social backgrounds becomes clear.

Genres

Melodrama

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