Released
The Proud and the Beautiful
November 25 1953 (about 71 years ago)Rating
Based on
24 reviews
Strips Bare of Prim Morality a Side of Love That Women Won't Admit - Even to Themselves!
- Director: Yves Allégret
- Writer: Yves Allégret
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 43 m
- Countries: France, Mexico
- Companies: Reforma Films, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Nelly arrives with her sick husband in a remote town in Mexico. But the hot weather does not help the sick husband and he ends up dying of meningitis. In this sudden and painful way, Nelly, who realizes that she has lost her tickets and money, ends up alone and lost in this foreign country. The only help she gets comes from an alcoholic named Georges, who she will end up discovering is a French expatriate who has not managed to recover from the tragic death of his wife.