Girls in Distress
1939 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 76 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst
Overview
Jeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French production before his (ill-timed) return to Nazi-occupied Austria in 1941. Somewhat reminiscent of Maedchen in Uniform, the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness is threatened when her lawyer father Andre Luguet inaugurates an affair with stage actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the help of Debulac's daughter Louisa Carletti, Presle is able to break up her father's romance and deliver him into the open arms of her mother Marcelle Chantal. On the whole, the performance by the younger cast members are more convincing than those rendered by the film's so-called adults.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,154 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:32 GIRLS IN DISTRESS
00:05:06 - Should I set the table? - Not in the dining room.
00:07:38 Let me weigh you.
00:10:13 Send Jacqueline to boarding school.
00:13:41 Ladies!
00:16:31 I won't.
00:20:22 Come on!
00:23:28 I'm dying to get one - what do you think?
00:26:19 My mother has remarried and lives abroad, and my father can't come Thursdays.
00:29:32 Come on! Mama wants to meet you!
00:32:26 Please, please take me with you!
00:35:26 - His family has used that to-- - Not acknowledge her.
00:39:20 She's enjoying herself there more and more; don't complain about it, dear.
00:42:45 ...knowing the damage of divorce, who will?
00:46:07 I have to sneak around and cut out all his photos.
00:49:19 You had nothing to do today?
00:51:59 Why? Don't you think she'd think it's a good idea?
00:57:29 If you toss him a bouquet he'll do whatever you want!
01:00:49 Nothing - I just happened to come by.
01:04:25 - A friend of yours? - Yes.
01:11:04 - It was you. - What does all this mean, Jacqueline?
01:15:20 "A second of laxness can destroy years of effort."
01:20:04 - And you've brought me some ideas? - No, laws.
01:23:27 Madame President, I have the honor to request admission as an Associate Member.