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Hélène
Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).
| Release : | 1936 |
| Rating : | 7.4 |
| Studio : | Les Films Marquise, |
| Crew : | Decorator, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Madeleine Renaud Jean-Louis Barrault Constant Rémy Héléna Manson Odette Joyeux |
| Genre : | Drama Romance |
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Good movie but grossly overrated
Good concept, poorly executed.
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
