Eclipse Series 45: CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA -- FOUR ROMANTIC ESCAPES FROM OCCUPIED FRANCE: AUTANT-LARA, Claude: Le Mariage de Chiffon (1942)

AUTANT-LARA, Claude (France)
Le Mariage de Chiffon [1942]
Eclipse Series 45
DVD


This delightful comedy brought Claude Autant-Lara his first popular success as a director. Chiffon (Odette Joyeux) is being pushed by her mother to wed a dashing military officer (André Luguet) but finds herself drawn to her stepfather's penniless brother (Jacques Dumesnil). For Le mariage de Chiffon, Autant-Lara convened the creative team -- including screenwriter Jean Aurenche, cameraman Philippe Agostini, and the incomparable Joyeux -- that would reunite for each of his subsequent three features, initiating a remarkable run of sharp love stories.

103 minutes
B&W
Monaural
in French
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2018
Director/Writers


Claude Autant-Lara was 41 when he directed Le Mariage de Chiffon.
Adapted from the novel by Gyp.
Scenario by Maurice Blondeau.

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