On Monday November 25 at 8:55 p.m., Arte broadcasts Banned games. A post-war French masterpiece, worn by a young actress of the time, Brigitte Fossey!
This Monday, Arte will do the classics by broadcasting Banned games. Unveiled on May 9, 1952 in cinemas in France, this masterpiece by René Clément launched the career of Brigitte Fossey. A little girl who will have started filming this adaptation of François Boyer's novel, The Unknown Gamesat only 5 years old! The opportunity to see her evolve all at once and to see the production use a few subterfuges during the very young actress's appearances in front of the camera!
Banned games : a masterpiece about two children of war
Banned games places its action during the exodus of June 1940, in the middle of the Second World War. Paulette, 5 years old, will lose her family following a raid targeting several civilian convoys. With the lifeless body of her dog pressed against her, the little girl from Paris will struggle to find her way through the fields. Marked, she will end up crossing paths with a certain Michel along a river. An 11 year old kid who will offer to help him and take him to the family farm. At first reluctant, the boy's father will end up coming to terms with Paulette's arrival. Little by little, the two children will form particularly strong bonds, taking care of building graves for dead animals.
Banned games : Brigitte Fossey, capital actress at the age of 5
Landed on the casting following a bet between her mother and her aunt after the publication of a small ad in the newspaper, Brigitte Fossey signed a major performance despite her very young age. Awarded the prize for acting at the Venice Festival, the little girl of the time will have filmed with two false teeth during many scenes. But why then? Quite simply the work of passing time… First planned as a series of three sketches, Banned games eventually became a feature film, shot in several installments. Thus, between her first sequences and her last, Brigitte Fossey had lost two baby teeth. Tights obviously replaced by a small prosthesis…
