Le fruit défendu (1952) Fr

(bad copy, needs reupload) Director: Henri Verneuil Writers: Georges Simenon (novel), Jacques Companéez (adaptation) Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Jacques Castelot Charles Pellegrin, 40yearold country doctor, buys a practice in Arles, a provincial town near Marseille. In five years, he has a large practice and a lovely (but more efficient than passionate) wife, when he meets spectacularly sexy, sensuous Martine, who seduces him. Soon, he s honoring that old French custom of keeping a mistress. At first Martine brings romance, then passion into his black jealously and despair.