God's Thunder or Le Tonnerre de Dieu is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier.
Plot Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassac picks up a prostitute, Simone, in Nantes, the local town, and takes her back home. Although disgusted with Brassac's behaviour, Simone enjoys life on his farm and contrives to heal the rift between Brassac and his wife.
Cast Jean Gabin as Léandre Brassac Michèle Mercier as Simone Leboucher Robert Hossein as Marcel Georges Géret as Roger (as Georges Geret) Emma Danieli as La dame au teckel (as Emma Danielli) Ellen Schwiers as Françoise Nino Vingelli as Le patron du café Daniel Ceccaldi as Le prêtre Louis Arbessier as Bricard, le ministre Léa Gray as La taulière Danielle Durou as Une fille Lydie Balmer as Une fille Nicole Beurggrave as Une fille Mireille Galot as Une fille Paul Pavel as L'ami de Marcel Hélène Tossy as La patronne du bistrot Lili Palmer as Marie Brassac
Reception It was the seventh most popular film of 1965 in France, after The Sucker, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Gendarme in New York, Mary Poppins and Fantomas Unleashed.
See also List of French films of 1965
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