The odd couple: Michèle Morgan and Bourvil in Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) and Fortunat (1960).
Michèle Morgan starred twice alongside Bourvil, in 1958 in Le Miroir à deux faces (André Cayatte) and in 1960 in Fortunat (Alex Joffé). These films present the pairing of Morgan and Bourvil as an anomaly, casting them as a mismatched couple who could only have come together under exceptional circums...
| Publicado en: | French Screen Studies Vol. 22; no. 2/3; pp. 190 - 208 |
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