Les Parents Terribles (The Storm Within) (1949)
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Also known as The Storm Within, Les Parents Terribles was adapted by director Jean Cocteau from his own stage play. Yvonne de Bray plays a manipulative, possessive mother, married to weakling Marcel Andre. At present, Yvonne is violently opposed to the impending marriage between her son Jean Marais… More Also known as The Storm Within, Les Parents Terribles was adapted by director Jean Cocteau from his own stage play. Yvonne de Bray plays a manipulative, possessive mother, married to weakling Marcel Andre. At present, Yvonne is violently opposed to the impending marriage between her son Jean Marais to Josette Day. It gets more complicated than that: Day is Andre's mistress, who in turn is coveted by de Bray's sister Gabrielle Dorzat. These stunning revelations loosen the hold that De Bray has on her household. Her power gone, she seeks solace in self-destruction. Utilizing several of the original stage production's cast members, Les Parents Terrible was one of Cocteau's personal favorites (that's his voice as off-screen narrator); the property was ineffectively remade in England as Intimate Relations (1953). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jean Cocteau
- Written By
- Jean Cocteau
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 1, 1948 Wide
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Cast
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Jean Marais
as Michel
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Josette Day
as Madeleine
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Yvonne de Bray
as Yvonne-Sophie
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Gabrielle Dorziat
as Aunt Leo
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Marcel André
as Georges
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Jean Cocteau
as Narrator
