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Actors: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Casque d'Or
CASQUE D'OR (sometimes translated as Golden Marie in english speaking countries) is a movie written and directed by Jacques Becker in 1952.

Marie is the concubine of one of the members of Claude Dauphin's gang of thieves. She falls in love with Manda, a carpenter. Both will spend some idyllic days in the country while Claude Dauphin, also in love with the beautiful Marie, is imagining a cruel way to get rid of his rival Manda by denouncing to the police Manda's best friend.



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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - spurned lover goes for revenge - matchbreaker interference
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story? Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian) - French
Woman/class/friends story? - story of lower class

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - prostitute/concubine
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair style - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - (man) average build
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - French

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Misc setting - prison - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Check here if B&W Yes
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - French
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
If lots of song/dance... - lot of dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Folk music
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