Love is blind...

Author: Eric Sayettat (sayettat@hotmail.com) from Paris, France
17 May 2000

Well not entirely blind when one of the protagonists is Brigitte Bardot. She certainly was the cutest cutie of her times and Gabin was some kind of a man...Yvette is foolish and gay,(?) he is stern and reasonable, she is a thief and a good for nothing, he is hard working and honest (mind you , a lawyer...).Not a masterpiece but a excellent piece of acting and a far from innocent movie.

Well acted, especially by Jean Gabin, and there's no denying Bridget Bardot's sex appeal, although a more gifted actress might have made both the character and the whole film deeper.A middle aged attorney (Gabin) falls for a sexy young client (Bardot) after she bungles a stick up. They carry on an open affair with her, as Gabin's wife keeps waiting for him to come home, and as Bardot keeps vacillating between her older, stable lover, and her hot, volatile young boyfriend.Never boring, but stays pretty much on the surface most of the time, with an oddly light tone. However, the ending twist is quite moving, and gives the whole film a deeper resonance than it would have otherwise.

Pour conclure le dossier Jean Gabin sans atteindre l'overdose,je finirai par ce film moins connu (si j'en juge par les échos de presse et de cinéphiles) et sur lequel je n'ai pas trouvé grand chose qui donne envie de voir le film. J'ai pourtant eu grand plaisir à le regarder. Plus tard j'aurai l'occasion de mentionner plusieurs autres films dans lesquels il a joué que j'ai vus et apprécié
 

Miroir est un film français réalisé par Raymond Lamy en 1946, sorti en 1947.

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Résumé
Un homme d'affaires, très lancé dans les milieux sportifs et par de surcroît bienfaiteur de sa paroisse, n'est autre qu'un ancien bagnard. Il se trouve soudain aux prises avec un ancien complice évadé du pénitencier et c'est une lutte à mort.

Colette Mars (Cléo, chanteuse et ex-maîtresse de Pierre)

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