L’Or et le plomb (1966)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 16, 1966Release Date
Plot.
The story is based on Voltaire's tale "Le monde comme il va" ("The world as it is"). Sent by the genie who presides over the destiny of Persepolis (Paris!), the Scythian Babouc carefully informs himself of everything, to tell the genie whether or not to destroy the city. This is the pretext for a series of interviews, scenes taken on the spot or reconstructed in the studio. We meet a musician who lives for his art and a Marxist historian, both of them optimists in the end; but also a war widow and an economically weak old lady: while the "fureur de vivre" gives free rein to the Golf Drouot and socialites hide their turpitudes behind a façade of good manners. A large, poorly housed family bravely faces up to its fate, and the children are happy; a working-class household talks about the union struggle, inhumane working conditions and reasons for hope. Finally, a poet sums it all up by talking about his commitment to the service of mankind.
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Cast & Crew.

Alain Cuniot
Babouc / Writer / Director

Emmanuelle Riva
World's woman

Michel Legrand
Musician

Jeanne Dewerpe
Old lady

Raymond Gerbal
Worker

Jean Massin
Historian

Max-Pol Fouchet
Poet

Yvonne Clech
Dinner guest

Irène Schavelzon
Dinner guest

José Valverde
Reciter (voice)

Fanny Renan
Dinner guest

Catherine Leccia
Dinner guest

Maddly Bamy
Dinner guest

Andrée Cottet
Dinner guest

François Dalou
Dinner guest

Yvan Peuck
Dinner guest

Jacques Willemetz
Producer

Pierre Vielhescaze
Dinner guest

Yann Le Masson
Cinematographer

Guy Cayat
Dinner guest

Marcel Champel
Dinner guest

Pierre Cuniot
Pianist at dinner

Francine Grubert
Editor
