Douce

Name: Douce
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Released: 1943
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Debucourt, Roger Pigaut

1943 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 437 VOTES · DIR. Claude Autant-Lara

Overview

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him. So Douce tells Fabien this and convinces him to run away with her, causing consternation in the family.

Dialogue Timeline — 985 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:38 - Do you see him often? - Every day.

00:07:22 - You gave him something, I hope? - Naturally! Another umbrella!

00:12:07 - Is everything working? - Yes, sir.

00:15:32 or simply like a stomach ache.

00:19:55 But you'll be travelling in second, Irène - like a lady!

00:24:45 I don't think so. In fact, I'm sure it isn't.

00:28:57 - M Count, it's M Marani. - Ah, we've been waiting for you.

00:35:09 - Douce will be so disappointed. - Thank you, M Count.

00:39:49 Is she laughing or crying?

00:42:56 Please don't say anything.

00:46:19 I have nothing to say.

00:50:47 Don't push me too far, Irène.

00:54:38 and which I carefully pressed at night so that it would look neat the next day.

00:58:00 - What happened to your hand? - It's nothing. I'm just a bit tired.

01:01:36 - Are you that surprised? - Some things you can't understand.

01:04:28 You think it's distasteful to fold the shirt of the man you love?

01:09:36 Free men. And also foxes. Foxes everywhere.

01:14:02 Me, I manage without.

01:18:36 - To fetch her. - I don't understand, Estelle.

01:21:58 You're in danger. Your family have alerted the police. They'll find you.

01:27:20 And the newest.

01:30:43 I want us to see her not as the Douce who left, but as Douce who came home.

01:35:43 Now I've nothing left to give you. And you must go on alone.

01:41:26 I fed her at my own table, and could hear her laughing behind my back.

Cast & Characters

Odette Joyeux Douce Madeleine Robinson Irène Comtat Marguerite Moreno Madame de Bonafé Jean Debucourt Engelbert de Bonafé Roger Pigaut Fabien Marani Gabrielle Fontan Estelle Richard Francoeur Julien Paul Oettly Le prêtre Julienne Paroli La vieille Thérèse Georges Bever Le frotteur

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed985

Dialogue density9.0 lines / min

First line00:03:38

Final line01:41:26

Production Record

DirectorClaude Autant-Lara

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes437