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The Wretches

6.2 90 mins Drama   1960
Marceau-Cocinor   Les Productions Francis Lopez  
Director(s): Robert Hossein

Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.

Casts of The Wretches

Michèle Morgan

as Thelma Rooland

Robert Hossein

as Jess Rooland

Olivier Hussenot

as Arthur Martin

Jacqueline Morane

as Adeline Martin

Perrette Pradier

as Louise Martin

Alice Sapritch

as Guest complimenting Thelma

Georges Ivanov

as Commentator (voice)

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