1824 in Issoudun. A bourgeois, Rouget, lives as a husband and wife, La Rabouilleuse, who holds him in her power. The old man's nephew, ex-Colonel Philippe Bridau of the Imperial Guard, swears to hunt the intruder.
Acting
Suzy Prim's Flore is deliciously manipulative—she steals every scene without raising her voice.
Production
Lavish 1824 interiors that make bourgeois rot look almost appealing.
Director
Fernand Rivers
Fernand Gravey
Colonel Philippe Brideau
Suzy Prim
Flore Brazier aka 'la Rabouilleuse'
André Brunot
Captain Renard
Jacques Erwin
Commander Maxime Gillet
Catherine Fonteney
'La Vèlie'
Pierre Larquey
Jean-Jacques Rouget
Marguerite Pierry
'La Cognette'
Paul Faivre
Jean Toulout
Rivers Cadet
Paul Oettly
Orsanto
André Carnège
Raoul Marco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernand Rivers directed this while running his own production company, essentially self-financing his Balzac obsession.
The title refers to a regional term for a woman who stirs up trouble in muddy waters—Flore lives up to it brutally.
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