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Wikipedia article
'Back Streets of Paris' (French: 'Macadam') is a 1946 French drama film directed by Marcel Blistne. Jacques Feyder also contributed to the film in the role of artistic director.
Plot
This story involves Madame Rose, a hotelkeeper in a Paris suburb who will stop at nothing, including murder. Other characters include one of her former accomplices who carries a suitcase full of cash, a kindhearted street vendor, the gangster's mistress, and the landlady's daughter, Simone, who dreams of a better life.
Cast
* Franoise Rosay: Madame Rose, the owner of the hotel Bijou
* Paul Meurisse: Victor Menard, former accomplice of Madame Rose
* Simone Signoret: Gisle
* Andr Roanne: Marvejoul
* Andre Clment: Simone, Madame Rose's daughter
* Jacques Dacqmine: Francois, the kindhearted street vendor
* Paul Demange: Marcel the hairdresser
* Jeannette Batti: Mona
* Marcelle Rexiane: The bar owner
* Liliane Lesaffre: A gossip
* Yvonne Yma: An inmate's wife
* Georges Bever: Armand
* Flix Oudart: Leon
* Andr Nicard: The sheet stealer
* Franois Joux: An inspector
* Richard Francur: The butler
* Jean Berton: Gazon
* Roger Vincent: The gentleman from Le Mans
* Franck Maurice: An agent
* Flix Clment
* Max Simone: The laundress
* Jacqueline Fontaine
* Marcel Rouze
* Paul Barge
* Maurice Cartier
* Pierre Juvenet
* Charles Deschamps
* Georges Dietrich
Production
Filming took place between June and August 1946 at the Studios de Saint-Maurice, with exterior scenes filmed at the Zoo de Vincennes. Jean d'Eaubonne was the set designer.'Jacques Feyder', sous la direction de Jan A. Gili et Michel Marie. Paris: Association franaise de recherche sur l'histoire du cinma, 1998. pp. 249250. ('1895', numro hors srie, octobre 1998).
Jacques Feyder is credited as artistic director ("'direction artistique'"). Although Feyder was ill at the time, according to Franoise Rosay (his wife) he was asked to supervise filming because various members of the crew had no confidence in the young and inexperienced director, Marcel Blistne. Relations on the set between Blistne and Feyder were hostile, and once filming was finished it was Feyder who oversaw the editing.Franoise Rosay, 'La Traverse d'une vie'. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1974. pp. 293296.
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