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      • White Paws (French: Pattes blanches) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux and Paul Bernard. The Paws of the title refer to the white spats wore by the protagonist, the aristocratic owner of an estate on the French coast.
      It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location in Erquy in Brittany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq. Grémillon had attempted to produce several film projects since the financial failure of The Woman Who Dared in 1944, but this was the first feature he had managed to make. Similar in plot and atmosphere to his wartime film Summer Light, this resulted in another commercial failure and Grémillon's eclipse as a leading French director by other filmmakers such as Henri Georges-Clouzot.


      Synopsis


      In Brittany, inn owner Jock Le Guen brings his mistress Odette back to town with him, but she soon takes up with the aristocratic eccentric Julien de Keriadec, derisively known to the inhabitants as "White Paws". Their relationship ultimately ends tragically.


      Cast


      Suzy Delair as Odette Kerouan
      Fernand Ledoux as Jock Le Guen
      Paul Bernard as Julien de Keriadec- Pattes Blanches
      Arlette Thomas as Mimi la bossue
      Michel Bouquet as Maurice
      Geneviève Morel as Marguerite
      Paul Barge as Un invité
      Betty Daussmond as La tante de Julien
      Philippe Sergeol as Un invité
      Sylvie as La mère de Maurice
      Jean Debucourt as Le juge d'instruction


      References




      Bibliography


      Williams, Alan. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.


      External links


      White Paws at IMDb

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