Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir ★★½ House of Pleasure 1952
An anthology of three Guy de Maupassant stories, “Le Masque,” “Le Modele,” and “La Maison Teillier,” about the search for pleasure. In French with English subtitles. 97m/B VHS, DVD . FR Claude Dauphin, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Madeleine Renaud, Gaby Morlay; D: Max Ophuls; Nar: Peter Ustinov.
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