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L'trange Dsir de monsieur Bard
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Wikipedia article
'L'trange Dsir de monsieur Bard' , is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Gza von Radvnyi, written by Gza von Radvnyi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funs.
Plot
Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.
Cast
* Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
* Yves Deniaud: Antonio
* Genevive Page: Donata
* Georgette Anys: Julie
* Louis de Funs: Monsieur Chanteau
* Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
* Paul Frankeur: the priest
* Genevive Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
* Henri Crmieux: Ernest, the grocer
* Henri Arius: the commissioner
* Lucien Callamand: the notary
* Emma Lyonel: the directrices
* Colette Ricard: Batrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
* Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
* Franois Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
* Maurice Bnard: the casino manager
* Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
* Flix Clment or Jean Clment: the first doctor
* Michel Gerbier: the little boy
* Claude Ermelli
* Colette Ravel
* Jacques Robin
References
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