The Lafarge Case (French: L'Affaire Lafarge) is a 1938 French historical crime drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau. It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly portrayed in flashback.Andrew p.164 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié.

Synopsis In the 1840s Marie a young woman from Paris is married to Charles, a brutal, unpleasant ironmaster in provincial France. When he dies under mysterious circumstances she is accused of murdering him by his family and is put on trial.

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Bibliography Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

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