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Storm Within (The)
Original Title
Les Parents Terribles- Director: Jean Cocteau
- Writer: Jean Cocteau
- Producer: Francis Cosne; Alexandre Mnouchkine
CGiii Comment
An unfunny, claustrophobic French farce that should have remained in the theatre.
Strained and stressful - it's highly un-enjoyable.
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The(ir) Blurb...
When Michel, who's 22, tells his parents he is in love, his mother Yvonne is distraught, believing she will lose his love (which is the center of her life), and his father Georges is distressed because it is Georges' mistress, Madeleine, who his son loves. Yvonne and Georges financially and emotionally depend on Michel's maiden aunt, Léo, who was once engaged to Georges but gave him up to her sister. Léo resolves to help them separate Michel and Madeleine, choreographs an elaborate meeting at Madeleine's flat where Georges concocts a lie that Madeleine feels she must embrace, and the lovers part. Aunt Léo then has a change of heart and tries to put everything right.
Cast & Characters
Jean Marais as Michel;
Josette Day as Madeleine;
Yvonne de Bray as Yvonne dite 'Sophie';
Marcel Andre as Georges;
Gabrielle Dorziat as Tante Leo;
Jean Cocteau as Narrator