Les Cousins
Les Cousins film poster
Directed by	Claude Chabrol
Produced by	Claude Chabrol
Written by	Claude Chabrol (story) Paul Gégauff (dialogue)
Starring	Gérard Blain Jean-Claude Brialy Juliette Mayniel
Music by	Paul Misraki
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Editing by	Jacques Gaillard
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau (France)
Release date(s)	France: 11 March 1959 United States: 23 November 1959
Running time	112 mins
Country	France
Language	French

Les Cousins is a 1959 French New Wave drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of two cousins, the decadent Paul and the naive Charles. Charles falls in love with Florence, one of Paul's friends.

[edit] Selected cast

• Gérard Blain as Charles
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Paul
• Juliette Mayniel as Florence
• Guy Decomble as Bookseller
• Geneviève Cluny as Geneviève
• Michèle Méritz as Yvonne
• Corrado Guarducci as Italian Count Minerva
• Stéphane Audran as Françoise
• Paul Bisciglia as Marc
• Jeanne Pérez as Cleaning lady
• Françoise Vatel as Martine

[edit] External links

• Les Cousins at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Cousins at Allmovie

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