Word: darricux
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...priest. His deliberateness makes him dispirited in a part which calls for shrewdness. Seeing his wife off on a train, his rapt expression conveys no idea of what he is thinking. Vittorio De Sica as the Countess' admirer, misses the irony of his position. Only the Countess, Danielle Darricux, seems to have understood her role, but even she fails to exploit it fully...
Jean Marais, in the lead role, is somewhat too self-confident and phlegmatic for an obscure student suddenly finding himself in the Queen's boudoir. He acts as though he's seen the movie before, and knows all along that she'll come bounding into his arms. Dannielle Darricux, on the other hand, is quite convincing as the bored and unhappy Queen--a difficult task in what is getting to be a stock role...
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