Eugénie Grandet (1993)

Eugénie Grandet
Directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Written by Pierre Moustiers
Starring Jean Carmet
Alexandra London
Dominique Labourier
Claude Jade
Pierre Vernier
Music by Michel Portal
Cinematography Marc Quilici, Gérard Vigneron
Release date
 1994
Running time
 90 mins
Country France
Language French

Eugénie Grandet (1994) is a French film directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe. The film starred Jean Carmet in his last role.

Plot summary

Monsieur Grandet (Carmet) was a very rich but very stingy man. His wife (Dominique Labourier) and his daughter Eugénie (Alexandra London) live a quiet, joyless existence.

The local families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to Eugénie. On her 23rd birthday, Lucienne des Grassins (Claude Jade) triumphed about the success of her son Adolphe (Olivier Delor) at the heiress, arrives Charles (Jean-Claude Adelin), Eugenie's cousin to visit at his uncle; he has no idea that his father is dead by suicide after his bankruptcy . Eugénie and her cousin fall in love, and the unworldly girl felt for the first time the wild joy of passion. But her father, who has no idea, does not intend to keep the useless eaters in the house, and sends Charles without a sou to India. First, however, Eugénie lends him her coin collection, which her father had given her for her birthday...

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Cast

Prize

7 d'or 1995

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