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With Jean Marais, Josette Day, Yvonne de Bray, Marcel André. Michel is in love with Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his intention to marry her. He thinks his announcement is innocent enough; his engagement, however, threatens to reveal dark secrets lurking within his family's home.
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- Drama
- Jean Cocteau
- 1950-04-22
Les Parents terribles is a 1948 film adaptation directed by Jean Cocteau from his own stage play Les Parents terribles. Cocteau used the same cast who had appeared in a successful stage revival of the play in Paris in 1946. The film has sometimes been known by the English title The Storm Within.
- 2,256,777 admissions (France)
Les Parents terribles is a 1938 French play written by Jean Cocteau. Despite initial problems with censorship, it was revived on the French stage several times after its original production, and in 1948 a film adaptation directed by Cocteau was released.
- Jean Cocteau
- 1938
- 1938
- French
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May 24, 2018 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Jean Cocteau. Drama. 1h 45m. By Glenn Kenny. May 24, 2018. In between the fantastical masterpieces “Beauty and the Beast” (1946) and “Orpheus” (1950), Jean ...
- Jean Cocteau
- Glenn Kenny
- 105 min
By Robert Abele. July 12, 2018 10:10 AM PT. In between the stark ravishment of 1946’s “Beauty and the Beast” and 1950’s edgy enchantment “Orpheus,” France’s art-hyphenate master Jean Cocteau filmed...
May 23, 2018 · May 23, 2018 3:50pm. Courtesy of Cohen Film Collection. Making mother-son jealousy into a matter of life and death, Jean Cocteau’s The Storm Within ( Les Parents Terribles) stars a...
Nov 9, 2018 · Starring Jean Marais and Josette Day, who also starred as the title characters in Cocteau’s mesmerizingly magical La belle et la bête, Les Parents Terribles is a sharply funny yet simultaneously heartbreaking tale of the familial struggle that ensues when a beloved son announces his intention to leave home and marry.
