A crooner bets his happy ending on the wrong table — and the house always wins.
Daniel Bellanger, a night-club crooner, is a basically straight,honest man. He has just married Christiane, a cashier in a Montmartre hotel and his main objective in life is to live happily with his wife and Pierrot, the son she had of a former union. Unfortunately Daniel accepts the offer of his old friend Freddy to run a gambling den. The place is frequented by a host of dubious guys, among whom a hood named Mario. The latter finds Christiane to his liking and soon shows he is prepared to do anything to take her away from Daniel, including kidnapping little Pierrot.
Acting
Danielle Godet's quiet desperation steals every scene.
Cinematography
Montmartre streets shot like a funeral procession.
Director
Henri Lepage
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during France's New Wave explosion, this traditional noir was already old-fashioned — critics ignored it completely.
Michel Ardan was an actual nightclub singer; his performances are unscripted, using his real repertoire.
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