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When her parents are killed by an air strike while trying to flee Paris during the German invasion, 5-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) wanders into the French countryside, where she encounters 11-year-old peasant boy Michel (Georges Poujouly). And as they build a special, secret friendship, the adults play their own games of buffoonish peasant feuds. A masterpiece of French post-war cinema by director René Clément (Purple Noon), with a haunting hit score played by guitar virtuoso Narciso Yepes, the ultimately beautiful, hilarious and disturbing Games won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival — and then became a worldwide art house smash, eventually winning a Grand Prix at Cannes, the Best Foreign Film Award from the New York Film Critics Circle, and Clément’s second Best Foreign Film Oscar winner. Fossey (“in a performance that rips the heart out” – New York Times) is a star of French films to this day. This new restoration from Rialto Pictures features an all-new translation and subtitles.
Original Release
05/09/1952
US Release
12/08/1952
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Georges Poujouly | Michel Dolle / Michel Dollé |
Brigitte Fossey | Paulette |
Amédée | Francis Gouard |
Laurence Badie | Berthe Dolle / Berthe Dollé |
Madeleine Barbulée | Une soeur de la Croix-Rouge / Red Cross Nun |
Suzanne Courtal | Madame Dolle / Madame Dollé - la mère |
Lucien Hubert | Joseph Dollé - le père / Monsieur Dolle |
Jacques Marin | Georges Dolle / Georges Dollé |
Marcel Mérovée | Raymond Dolle / Raymond Dollé |
Violette Monnier | Renée Dollé |
Directors
Writers
René Clément, François Boyer, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
Cast
Name | Character |
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Georges Poujouly | Michel Dolle / Michel Dollé |
Brigitte Fossey | Paulette |
Amédée | Francis Gouard |
Laurence Badie | Berthe Dolle / Berthe Dollé |
Madeleine Barbulée | Une soeur de la Croix-Rouge / Red Cross Nun |
Suzanne Courtal | Madame Dolle / Madame Dollé - la mère |
Lucien Hubert | Joseph Dollé - le père / Monsieur Dolle |
Jacques Marin | Georges Dolle / Georges Dollé |
Marcel Mérovée | Raymond Dolle / Raymond Dollé |
Violette Monnier | Renée Dollé |
Denise Péronne | Jeanne Gouard |
Fernande Roy | L'autre fille Gouard |
Louis Saintève | Le prêtre |
André Wasley | Gouard - le voisin |
André Enard | Le premier gendarme |
Marcelle Feuillade | La mère de Paulette |
Roger Fossey | Le père de Paulette |
Louis Herbert | Petit rôle |
Bernard Musson | Le deuxième gendarme |
Annie Ravel | La cousine de Georges |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1955 | Oscar | Best Writing, Motion Picture Story | Nominated |
1953 | Oscar | Won |