Clockface Café

{{short description|1947 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Clockface Café | image =File:Clockface Café.jpg | caption = | director = [[Jean Gehret]] <br> [[Henri Decoin]] | producer =Maurice Saurel | based_on = | writer = [[Pierre Bénard]] <br> Henri Decoin | narrator = | starring = [[Bernard Blier]] <br> [[Blanchette Brunoy]] <br> [[Aimé Clariond]] | music = [[Henri Dutilleux]] | cinematography = [[Jacques Lemare]] | editing = [[Charles Bretoneiche]] | studio = Safia | distributor = Société Nouvelle des Films Dispa | released = {{Film date|1947|06|27|df=yes}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Clockface Café''''' (French: '''''Le Café du Cadran''''') is a 1947 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Jean Gehret]] and [[Henri Decoin]] and starring [[Bernard Blier]], [[Blanchette Brunoy]] and [[Aimé Clariond]].<ref>Rège p.151</ref><ref>https://www.unifrance.org/film/2836/le-cafe-du-cadran</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Emile Alex]].

==Synopsis== A young couple from [[Auvergne]], Julien and Louise Couturier buy a [[café]] in the heart of [[Paris]]. The capital soon has a detrimental effect on them as Julien falls in with bad company and Louise flirts with [[violinist]] Luigi and develops a taste for expensive things.

==Cast== * [[Bernard Blier]] as Julien Couturier * [[Blanchette Brunoy]] as Louise Couturier * [[Aimé Clariond]] as Luigi * [[Félix Oudart]] as Grégorio * [[Charles Vissières]] as Victor * [[Robert Le Fort]] as Jules *[[Nane Germon]] as Jeanne * [[Jean Deninx]] as Dumur * [[Georges Bréhat]] as Aubert * [[Olivier Darrieux]] as Achille * [[Colette Vepierre]] as La bonne * [[Jane Morlet]] as La concierge * [[Marcel Lestan]] as Le nouveau patron * [[Pierre Sergeol]] as Bianchi * [[Robert Seller]] as Biscarra

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950''. Pygmalion, 1986 * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0199390}}

[[Category:1947 films]] [[Category:French drama films]] [[Category:1947 drama films]] [[Category:1947 French-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Henri Decoin]] [[Category:Films directed by Jean Gehret]] [[Category:French black-and-white films]] [[Category:1947 French films]] [[Category:Films scored by Henri Dutilleux]]