The Girls of the Rhône

The Girls of the Rhône
Directed by	Jean-Paul Paulin
Written by	Jean des Vallières
Produced by	Léon Beytout René Pignières
Starring	Annie Ducaux Daniel Lecourtois Alexandre Rignault
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by	Jean Mondollot
Music by	Maurice Jaubert
Production company	Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	20 April 1938 (1938-04-20)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Girls of the Rhône (French: Les filles du Rhône) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Annie Ducaux, Daniel Lecourtois and Alexandre Rignault.^[1] It was nominated for the Grand prix du cinéma français but lost out to Alert in the Mediterranean.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin.

In the Camargue region at the mouth of the River Rhône, an impoverished aristocrat attempts to marry off his eldest daughter to a wealthy man who she does not love.

• Annie Ducaux as Frédérique
• Daniel Lecourtois as Fabregas Fils
• Alexandre Rignault as Danjou
• Pierre Larquey as Fabregas Père
• Denise Bosc as Marguerido
• Nane Germon as Rosette
• Paul Escoffier as Comte de Vauvert
• Andrée Berty as Audiberte
• Madeleine Sologne as Sara
• Teddy Parent as Victorin
• André Nicolle as Dupuis
• Maurice Rémy as Bela
• Alexandre Arnaudy as Paulus
• Charles Blavette as Sergent de ville

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Girls of the Rhône at IMDb

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