Coeur fidèle (1923)




Gina Manès - Coeur fidèle




Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her. Marie has a baby who falls ill and as time goes on Jean and a crippled neighbor try to help the child. Paul nearly causes the death of the child whilst in a drunken stupor and in a final struggle that occurs, the crippled woman seizes Paul's gun and shoots him dead.


Articles with substantial mentioning of Coeur fidèle

Mark Cousins, The Face of Another, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12 (December), 2012 pp. 47-50

Coeur fidèle
France 1923

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Year: 1923
Country: France
 
IMDb: 0013933