The Light Across the Street

The Light Across the Street
Directed by	Georges Lacombe
Written by	Louis Chavance René Masson Jacques Gaultier (adaptation cinematographique de)
Screenplay by	Jacques Gauthier
Produced by	Jacques Gauthier (scenario original de)
Starring	Raymond Pellegrin Roger Pigaut Brigitte Bardot
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Raymond Leboursier
Music by	Norbert Glanzberg
Color process	Black and white
Production companies	Les Productions Jacques Gauthier Les Films Fernand Rivers Compagnie Générale Cinématographique Général Productions
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Release date	25 January 1956 (1956-01-25)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	2,082,146 admissions (France)

The Light Across the Street (French: La Lumière d'en face) is a 1956 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut and Brigitte Bardot. It was also distributed in the U.S. under the title Female and the Flesh.

Plot

Sensual young Brigitte Bardot and her infirm husband run a small trucker restaurant in this Clouzot- influenced melodrama, before you can say The Postman Always Rings Twice, Brigitte feels attracted to a mechanic from the garage opposite

Cast

• Raymond Pellegrin as Georges Marceau
• Roger Pigaut as Piétri
• Brigitte Bardot as Olivia Marceau
• Claude Romain as Barbette
• Jean Debucourt as Professor Nieumer
• Antonin Berval as Albert (as Berval)
• Daniel Ceccaldi as L'amoureux en panne
• Guy Piérauld as Antoine
• Lucien Hubert as Gaspard
• Guy Pierauld as Antoine (as Guy Pierrault)

External links

• The Light Across the Street at IMDb
• Review of film at New York Times