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Other Side of Paradise

5.0 96 mins Drama   Mystery   1953
U.C.L. (Union cinématographique lyonnaise)   PAFICO  
Director(s): Edmond T. Gréville

Release Date: 19 Sun, Jul 1953

Complicated intrigues fester in the warmth of Segnac, a charming village on the Cô te d'Azur. The hô teliers' daughter, Violaine, has only a few months to live and loves Blaise d'Orliac, who is closely watched by his mistress Michèle. Old O'Hara is platonically in love with Violaine and encourages Blaise's meetings with the young girl. Michèle interferes. Blaise kills her. O'Hara believes Violaine is guilty and wants to accuse himself. Violaine, on the verge of death, exonerates Blaise. M. Dautrand, who was playing the part of a holiday painter but is really a police officer, decides after reading the girl's diary to leave Blaise in peace. Violaine dies happily.

Casts of Other Side of Paradise

Jacques Sernas

as Blaise d'Orliac

Etchika Choureau

as Violaine Roumégoux

Erich von Stroheim

as William O'Hara

Denise Vernac

as Claudine de Vervins

Jacques Castelot

as Gabriel Dautrand

Dora Doll

as Michèle

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