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The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)

The Proud and the Beautiful poster
Original title
Les Orgueilleux
Directed by
Yves Allégret
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
France, Mexico
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French doctor in a small Mexican town deals with alcoholism and a plague. A proud local woman tries to help him as they both face personal crises.

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What happens

The Proud and the Beautiful (French: Les Orgueilleux, sub-title: Alvarado, aka The Proud Ones) is a 1953 drama film directed by Yves Allégret. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story (the nomination officially went to Jean-Paul Sartre), but lost to Dalton Trumbo (under the pseudonym Robert Rich) for The Brave One. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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