Casque d'Or

Original title: Casque d'or

1952
16
1h 39m

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Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.

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7.6/10

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Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.

Quotes
[English subtitled version]
Old Woman Joinville Bar Patron: Charming! We can't go anywhere without meeting tarts.

Connections
Edited into Apostrophes: Les plaisirs populaires (1989)

Soundtracks
Sobre las Olas
(uncredited)
Music by Juventino Rosas
[The music to which Marie reluctantly dances with Roland at Joinville]

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Featured review

8/10

Lovely film

Simone Signoret plays a beautiful woman of ill repute who is at the center of several men's affections - her hotheaded gangster boyfriend, an ex-criminal who's turned over a new leaf, and the leader of the gang himself. It's a pretty simple story but very well told by Jacques Becker, with the scenes involving a double cross and its brilliant ending standing out. The cinematography is wonderful, including an outdoor dance evoking the paintings of Renoir, a beautiful walk along the riverside, and the claustrophobic cells inside a police van. Signoret is radiant, defiant even as she's slapped around and with an air of sweet happiness when she's able to get away from it all, and Serge Reggiani is strong as well. Really just a solid film, one that expresses the spirit of France in the 1950's via its filmmaking, and a small window into the Belle Époque as well.