For a long time was going to see the French film “The Cat” / Le chat, shot in 1971 by Pierre Granier-Defer with Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret in the lead roles, yesterday finally gathered. The film is considered an adaptation of the eponymous non-detective work of Georges Simenon. The story told in the film is the story of the breakdown
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For a long time was going to see the French film “The Cat” / Le chat, shot in 1971 by Pierre Granier-Defer with Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret in the lead roles, yesterday finally gathered. The film is considered an adaptation of the eponymous non-detective work of Georges Simenon. The story told in the film is the story of the breakdown of relationships between married people. This is an elderly couple who have been married for 25 years, and who eventually ended up in a completely disintegrated relationship, all taking place against the backdrop of the destruction of old houses in the neighborhood where they live. At one point, Julien (Jean Gabin) had a real friend he was very attached to, a cat he picked up somewhere on the street. But Clemence (Simona Signoret) can not accept the fact that at the same time he does not communicate with her, and she seems to love him, however, he does not believe in her love. And after another quarrel, she kills his cat, shooting him with a pistol, which Julien himself gave her, offering to kill him. This Julien can no longer forgive her, he stops talking to her, they begin to farm separately, each cooks for himself and even stores food and drinks in locked cupboards. The end of history is tragic. Now for the story. From the work of Simenon in the film remained, in fact, only one storyline, but the story there was not so unambiguous and very different from the one in the film. Of course, this is not surprising to me, it often happens in so-called film adaptations. Unfortunately, the story was more interesting in the book. The actors in the film play, of course, well, there is nothing to say, especially regret that they were not given the opportunity to play in a much more interesting story.
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