Two men, one woman, stolen cash — prison ruins everything, but love ruins it worse.
Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
Acting
Barrault's silent suffering in post-prison reunion scenes.
Direction
Guissart/Mirande balance gambling montage energy with doom.
Writing
Mirande's dialogue: cruel, compressed, class-conscious.
Director
René Guissart
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