A country girl flees a man's kiss—then fate skis right back into her life.
Miche, a young girl from the town of Senlis, goes to Paris to pose for a painter, Jacques de Peyrière. During her sitting, Jacques tries to kiss her, and Miche, insulted and afraid, flees the studio. Later in St. Moritz, Miche sees Jacques among the other skiers. She decides to leave immediately.
Acting
Suzy Vernon's silent-film expressiveness carries the sound transition.
Cinematography
St. Moritz location shooting adds glossy Alpine escape.
Director
Jean de Marguenat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean de Marguenat abandoned cinema for the French Resistance; most of his 1930s work survives only in fragments.
St. Moritz became cinema shorthand for aristocratic leisure after the 1928 Olympics; Miche's intrusion disrupts that fantasy.
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