The village's 'purest' girl is the town fool — and he's played by Fernandel.
In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty girl, hands it has Isidore, the village idiot, who becomes rosier
Acting
Fernandel's physical comedy masks genuine pathos.
Writing
Maupassant adaptation with venomous wit intact.
Director
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Françoise Rosay
Madame Husson
Fernandel
Isidore
Mady Berry
Virginie
Colette Darfeuil
Carmen
Simone Bourday
La rosière
Odette Barencey
Mme Fernande
Marcel Simon
M. Corollaire, pharmacien et maire de la ville
Marcel Carpentier
M. Huchette, premier adjoint au maire et capitaine des pompiers
Marguerite Pierry
Victoire, la gouvernante et dame de compagnie de Madame Husson
André Deed
Le deuxième adjoint au maire
Monique Rolland
La prostituée du cabaret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rosieres were real French tradition: cash prizes for village 'virtue' that often devolved into gossip-fueled competitions.
Fernandel would become France's biggest star; this early role shows the melancholy beneath his rubber-faced comedy.
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