Quay of Illusions explained

Quay of Illusions
Director:Émile Couzinet
Producer:Émile Couzinet
Starring:Gaby Morlay
Louis Seigner
Lise Bourdin
Music:Joseph Kosma
Cinematography:Pierre Dolley
Editing:Émile Couzinet
Studio:Burgus Films
Rivo Film
Distributor:Comptoir Français du Film
Released:21 January 1959
Runtime:85 minutes
Country:France
Italy
Language:French

Quay of Illusions (French: Quai des illusions) is a 1959 French-Italian drama film directed by Émile Couzinet and starring Gaby Morlay, Louis Seigner and Lise Bourdin.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renneteau.

Synopsis

Lise is bored living at her parents house and leaves to work as a waitress by the waterfront. She meets Lise, a sailor, and falls pregnant with his child. He runs away to evade the police and she soon afterwards gives birth but loses the baby. Distraught she then steals a child from a maternity ward.

Cast

References

  1. Rège p.673
  2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/6952/quai-des-illusions

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