Lady Killer (Gueule d’Amour)

Name: Lady Killer (Gueule d’Amour)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: August 4, 2023
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 91
Cast: Henri Poupon, Jane Marken, Jean Aymé, Jean Gabin, Marguerite Deval

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Grasshopper Film | Release Date: August 4, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Henri Poupon, Jane Marken, Jean Aymé, Jean Gabin, Marguerite Deval, Mireille Balin, Paulette Noizeux, Pierre Etchepare, Pierre Magnier, René Lefèvre

Summary: Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find herLucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.… Expand

Director: Jean Grémillon

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Dan Callahan

Jul 24, 2023

Exquisite and disturbing, Gueule d’Amour is still one of the screen’s least seen masterpieces. Read full review

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Dave Kehr

Jul 24, 2023

Gremillon seems the master of every style he attempts, but his genius lies in the smooth linking of those various styles; the film seems to evolve as it unfolds, changing its form in imperceptible stages. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Sep 27, 2023

Grémillon supplements the bleak fatalism and noirish intrigue with bursts of quivering melodrama that enrich and expand the story beyond its ostensible fatal-attraction framework. Read full review

Caryn James

Jul 24, 2023

Like other love stories of the period, Gueule d'Amour has a melodramatic surface, yet it hits a nerve in anyone who has ever spent too much time thinking about the wrong person. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Aug 4, 2023

Not every rarity is a revelation, but Lady Killer strikes me as the real deal. Read full review

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