La Chatte sur un toit brûlant
Cat on a Hot Tin Roofby Richard Brooks1h441958États-Unis
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Une famille se réunit dans une villa cossue du Sud des Etats-Unis pour fêter l’anniversaire de Big Daddy, que tout le monde sait atteint d’un cancer. Tandis que son fils aîné et sa femme redoublent d’efforts pour bénéficier de ses largesses, le cadet Brick s’enferme dans ses appartements. Il se noie dans l’alcool après la récente disparition de son meilleur ami, tandis que sa femme Maggie brûle de le reconquérir.
Note : le film est l’adaptation de la pièce éponyme de Tennessee Williams parue en 1955.
Credits
- Directed by : Richard Brooks
- Screenplay : Richard Brooks, James Poe
- Cinematography : William H. Daniels
- Décors : Robert Priestley, Henry Grace
- Costumes : Helen Rose
- Editor : Ferris Webster
- Sound engineer : Wesley C. Miller, Norwood A. Fenton
- Producer : Lawrence Weingarten
- Producing company : Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Avon Productions
- Rights holder : Warner Bros.
- Auteur de l'oeuvre originale : Tennessee Williams
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1958
- French release date : 14 juillet 1958
- Category : Long métrage
- Color : Couleurs
- Language : Anglais
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