Hopes ... (1941)
1h 32m
Running Time
March 19, 1941Release Date
Plot.
Grigou owns a patch of land between farmers Martin's and Aubert's fields. Both covet this plot.As Grigou has lost the title deed,the mayor of the village decides to sell it.After an interminable auction sale, Aubert carries the day .To add insult to injury,shortly after, Martin is expelled from his farm,and becomes an innkeeper (a doomed inn where the former owner hanged himself). Ten years after, Aubert's daughter falls in love with Martin's son.Their fathers being deadly enemies, their marriage seems impossible.
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Cast & Crew.

Constant Rémy
Aubert

Pierre Larquey
Martin

Robert Lynen
Pierre Martin

Jacqueline Roman
Isabelle Aubert

Gaston Jacquet
Grigou

Sinoël

Anthony Gildès

Victor Vina

Cécile Didier

Marfa d'Hervilly

Jean Brochard

Gottfried Keller
Writer

Willy Rozier
Director

Jean Yatove
Composer

Marius Roger
Cinematographer

Julien Maffre

Laurence Richard
Details.
Release DateMarch 19, 1941
Original NameEspoirs...
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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Wiki.
Hopes (French: Espoirs) is a 1941 French drama film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Constant Rémy, Pierre Larquey and Robert Lynen. It is based on the 1856 novella A Village Romeo and Juliet by Gottfried Keller. The story is inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shifted to a country setting.