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La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) is a short French impressionist silent film made in 1923,[1][2] directed by pioneering avant-garde cinema director Germaine Dulac.[3] It stars Germaine Dermoz as Madame Beudet and Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Beudet. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films.[2][4][5] It tells the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage.

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La Souriante Madame Beudet
Directed by	Germaine Dulac
Written by	Denys Amiel (play) André Obey
Produced by	Charles Delac Marcel Vandal
Starring	Germaine Dermoz Alexandre Arquillière
Cinematography	Maurice Forster Paul Parguel
Release date	1923
Running time	38 mins.
Country	France
Languages	Silent film French intertitles

Synopsis

Monsieur Beudet frequently puts an empty revolver to his head and threatens to shoot himself as a practical joke or to emphasize his frustration. He does this so often that it no longer surprises his wife or friends. One night, Monsieur Beudet gets some theater tickets, but his wife refuses to go with him. While he is gone, Madame Beudet spends some time reflecting on her marriage to a slovenly, unromantic man who does things like lock the lid of her piano when he's upset with her; she puts a bullet into her husband's revolver so he will accidentally kill himself the next time he repeats his joke.

After a sleepless night, Madame Beudet comes to feel remorse for the trap she has set. Unfortunately, that day Monsieur Beudet's office is never unoccupied long enough for her to remove the bullet from the revolver. Monsieur Beudet calls for his wife to ask her about some large household expenses. He gets worked up and, thinking the revolver is empty like it usually is, he points it at himself and then turns it on his wife. He shoots, but the bullet misses Madame Beudet. Monsieur Beudet wrongly surmises that his wife was trying to commit suicide. He embraces her and says "How could I live without you?"

Cast

• Germaine Dermoz as Madame Beudet
• Alexandre Arquillière as Monsieur Beudet
• Jean d'Yd as Monsieur Labas
• Madeleine Guitty as Madame Labas
• Raoul Paoli as Le champion de tennis

See also

• Lists of French films
• Women's cinema

References

External links

• La Souriante Madame Beudet at IMDb
• La Souriante Madame Beudet at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Importance of Being a Film Author: Germaine Dulac and Female Authorship (by Rosanna Maule, Senses of Cinema

На других языках

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- [en] La Souriante Madame Beudet

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[ru] Улыбающаяся мадам Бёде

«Улыбающаяся мадам Беде» (фр. La Souriante Madame Beudet) — французский короткометражный немой фильм, снятый режиссёром Жермен Дюлак в 1923 году. Премьера фильма состоялась 9 ноября 1923 года.

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