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The Wretches (1960)
Directed by Robert Hossein
Drama · 1h 30m
Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.
Cast
Michèle Morgan
Robert Hossein
Olivier Hussenot
Jacqueline Morane
Perrette Pradier
Paul Bisciglia
Roland Monk
Crew
- Director
- Robert Hossein
- Screenplay
- Robert Hossein, Frédéric Dard
- Novel
- Frédéric Dard
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Robin
- Original Music Composer
- André Hossein
- Editor
- Louisette Hautecœur
Details
- Original title
- Les Scélérats
- Release date
- 1960-05-08
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Marceau-Cocinor, Les Productions Francis Lopez