Quadrille1938
Both directed by Sacha Guitry, and both starring Jacqueline Delubac, Pauline Carton and Sacha Guitry
The Story of a Cheat
Le Roman d'un tricheur
France / French / 1936 / 1h 21m
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Synopsis
Considered Sacha Guitry's masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the tricheur looking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by that of the film's skillful editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and novel use of voice-over, The Story of a Cheat has influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles to François Truffaut.
