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Les Parents Terribles
Running Time: 105 min.
Produced By: / Films Ariane / Sirius

Summary:
Also known as The Storm Within, Les Parents Terribles was adapted by director Jean Cocteau from his own stage play. Yvonne de Bray plays a manipulative, possessive mother, married to weakling Marcel Andre. At present, Yvonne is violently opposed to t... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Jean Marais (Michel) Josette Day (Madeleine) Yvonne de Bray (Yvonne-Sophie) Gabrielle Dorziat (Aunt Leo) All Cast & Crew >> Review: An object lesson in how to transfer a stage play to film without in any sense opening it up, Les Parents Terribles is a wonderful, harrowing, knife to the throat delivered with a smile, a black tragic farce that is unforgettable. Adapting his own pla ... Continue >>

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