The Possessors (1958)
- Original title
- Les Grandes Familles
- Directed by
- Denys de La Patellière
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A powerful businessman puts his company above everything including his family. His single-minded devotion strains his relationship with his son.
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What happens
The Possessors (French: Les Grandes familles) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly devoted to the business he has nurtured, at the expense of his family and above all his only son. The screenplay is based on volume 1 of the novel The Curtain Fall (Les Grandes Familles) by Maurice Druon, The Magnates, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1948. The film recorded 4,042,041 admissions in France. Gabin received the 1959 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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