Quai Notre-Dame

Quai Notre-Dame

80 mins | June 9, 1961

Eloi is a twenty-year-old secondhand goods dealer who does his job without particular enthusiasm. He has a girlfriend, Nénette, but immature as he is, he feels just as happy in the company of Fortunée, his young sister, whose little girl's games he shares as often as he can. The three of them live with Eloi and Fortunée's grandmother, nicknamed by all the "Queen of the Flea Market". In possession of a mirror of Venice, Eloi decides to present it to Dormoy, an antique dealer who keeps up shop in the fashionable districts of Paris. On that occasion Eloi meets and falls in love at first sight with Dormoy's rich mistress. The latter, half-moved, half-consenting, does not discourage him.

Quai Notre-Dame

80 mins | June 9, 1961

Quai Notre-Dame
Eloi is a twenty-year-old secondhand goods dealer who does his job without particular enthusiasm. He has a girlfriend, Nénette, but immature as he is, he feels just as happy in the company of Fortunée, his young sister, whose little girl's games he shares as often as he can. The three of them live with Eloi and Fortunée's grandmother, nicknamed by all the "Queen of the Flea Market". In possession of a mirror of Venice, Eloi decides to present it to Dormoy, an antique dealer who keeps up shop in the fashionable districts of Paris. On that occasion Eloi meets and falls in love at first sight with Dormoy's rich mistress. The latter, half-moved, half-consenting, does not discourage him.
Producers Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), Eloi, Gaumont Actualités
Original title Quai Notre-Dame
Directors Jacques Berthier
Writers Dominique Rolin, Dominique Fabre

Cast

Anouk Aimée

as Madame Lormoy - une antiquaire

Jacques Dacqmine

as Lormoy

Geneviève Fontanel

as Nénette

Patricia Gozzi

as Fortunée

Lisette Jambel

as La chanteuse

Christian Pezey

as Eloi

Renée Gardès

as La grand-mère