Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?
Acting
Dany Robin's Thérèse — innocent eyes, exhausted soul, perfect.
Writing
Anouilh's acidic dialogue weaponizes politeness into cruelty.
Direction
Boisrond balances soap opera suffering with genuine social sting.
Director
Jean Anouilh
Dany Robin
Thérèse Desforges, la vendeuse de fleurs
Héléna Manson
Mme Desforges, la mère malade
Henri Crémieux
M. Bousquet
Yvette Etiévant
Lucienne Desforges, la sœur de Thérèse
Michel Bouquet
Maurice Desforges, le frère de Thérèse
Yves Robert
Charlot, le voyou
Jane Marken
Mme Dubreck, la tante
Georges Chamarat
M. Dubreck, l'oncle
Yolande Laffon
Mme Delgrange
Jacques Clancy
André Delgrange
Léonce Corne
le médecin
Geneviève Morel
Germaine
Madeleine Barbulée
La chanteuse des rues
Max Dalban
Le cafetier
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