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Orage (1938)

Orage poster
Directed by
Marc Allégret
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An engineer has a pregnant wife and a mistress. The story follows their complex emotional relationships.

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What happens

Orage is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret. The screenplay was written by Marcel Achard and Jan Lustig, based on the play Le Venin by Henri Bernstein. The film stars Charles Boyer and Michèle Morgan in one of her first roles. Robert Manuel attributes the film's success to its ensemble cast. It tells the story of the mistress of an engineer who has a pregnant wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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