Maya (1949)
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sort of woman her client wants, she will become that woman -- at least for the night. When a middle-aged man named Jean insists that Bella is his long-lost sweetheart, she plays along, hoping to escape her sordid lifestyle. The emotional tragedy that follows is meant to explain how Bella became "Maya," the living embodiment of Lost Souls.
Drama
Cast
- Viviane Romance — Bella dite Maya
- Jean-Pierre Grenier — Jean
- Marcel Dalio — Le steward
- Jacques Castelot — Ernest
- Georges Douking — Un soultier
- Valéry Inkijinoff — Cachemire
- Fréhel — Notre Mère
- Zina d'Harcourt — Petit
- Georges Vitray — Le commandant
- Maurice Régamey — Michel
- Max Dalban — Le gros homme
- Françoise Hornez — Fifine
More like this
- Night of the Kings (2021)
- The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
- Adopt a Highway (2019)
- The Young One (1960)
- The Minister (2011)
- Chaos (2001)
- Love According to Dalva (2023)
- True to the Game (2017)
- Between Two Worlds (2022)
- Angels of Sin (1943)
- In Praise of Love (2001)
- The Long Absence (1961)
- Hold Me Tight (2021)
- My Neighbor Adolf (2022)
- Most (2003)
- Thank You, Life (1991)
- Promises (2022)
- Lorelei (2020)
- Charm City Kings (2020)
- Brother (2019)