Le diable au corps
During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.
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"This brilliant adaptation by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost of eighteen year old Raymond Radiguet's controversial novel published shortly before his death of typhoid fever, provoked no less a scandal when first released, being described by self-appointed guardians of morality as 'sordid, suggestive' and even 'a flood of filth'. Such opinions of course only served to increase public interest, the film gained international recognition and established Gérard Philippe as THE romantic actor of his generation. The exceptionally gifted Philippe initially expressed reluctance ..."
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On 29 June 1947, the French ambassador in Belgium, Raymond Brugère, walked out the screening at Brussels World Film Festival to express disapproval of the movie.
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During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.