The Curtain Rises Poster

The Curtain Rises

79.00% | October 6, 1938 | Comedy, Drama

1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"

Featured Crew

Marc Allégret
Director
Marc Allégret
Writer
Henri Jeanson
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Cast

Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
M. Lambertin, professeur au Conservatoire
Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin
François Polti
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey
Isabelle Didier
Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux
Cécilia Prieur
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier
Pescani, un élève du Conservatoire

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