A vain pride I didn’t think that a film with such stars of French cinema as Michelle Morgan and Gerard Philip could be so “untasteful” and “fresh”. In my opinion, even the fact that the plot is based on the story of such a master as Jean-Paul Sartre, and the script itself was nominated for an Oscar, does not save this tape. While watching the film, I expected from the characters heartwarming dialogues and revelations, revealing the secrets of their past lives, but all this I did not wait. It would seem, and so everything is very clear, the main character Georges (Gerard Philip), a doctor by profession, having moved from his native France to distant Mexico, can not cope with difficulties, begins to drink, as a result of which his wife and child die. After the tragic events, the main character, feeling guilty for what happened, tries to drown his grief at the bottom of the bottle, although it was alcohol that caused his mental wound. A chance meeting with a compatriot in a country where he himself not so long ago became his own, brings him eventually relief from all the hardships that fell to his lot, and forces him to return to the channel of normal life.
If we talk about the heroine Nelly (Michelle Morgan), then a trip to another continent, on the eve of the big and bright Easter holiday, on the occasion of the next wedding anniversary looks somewhat frivolous, but everyone has his own view on where and when to start a trip. One gets the feeling that the author simply needed these heroes to meet: a prosperous family lady and a degenerate alcoholic. In this story, the woman appears in the image of a missionary, who by the power of love helps the hero to get rid of guilt that tormented his soul, although she is not the personification of sincere virtue. Having lost her husband, she does not feel the bitterness of losing a loved one, apparently their marriage was based only on a sense of devotion and gratitude from her husband. She, in turn, responded kindly and compassionately to his constant failures that haunt him in life, but there was no love between them, apparently.
The title of the film "Proud" (or "Proud") did not help me to understand the twists and turns of the plot, developing against the background of pre-holiday volleys of firecrackers and deafening Mexican folk songs. Phillip’s character seemed to have long since lost the remnants of his pride, and shows it only when he sees that Ninel feels only pity and disappointment for him. In my opinion, the interest is Anna (Michel Cordoux), who also once found herself in this foreign country, has already settled here and is a brightly characteristic heroine who knows the value of all those around and their notorious pride. There is still a pleasant impression of a selfless doctor (Carlos Lopez Moctezuma) who, despite the fact that he had to go to treat his own disease, remains to prevent the coming epidemic. Responsibility and self-sacrifice, that is what distinguishes the true followers of Hippocrates, the image of a selfless doctor is conveyed simply wonderfully. If it is worth watching this picture, it is only because of the bright secondary characters who in this film, like a beautiful rich frame, fringe the main characters and draw all attention to themselves.
5 out of 10