Réalisation:
Elia KazanScénario:
Moss HartPhotographie:
Arthur C. MillerMusique:
Alfred NewmanActeurs·trices:
Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Phil Green, journaliste américain, est veuf et vit avec son fils chez sa mère. Chargé d'un reportage sur l'antisémitisme, il décidé de se faire passer pour juif et découvre la ségrégation larvée dont ceux-ci sont les victimes : insultes et vexations, discrimination professionnelle, et gentleman's agreement, qui leur rend l'achat d'une propriété beaucoup plus difficile. En même temps, il s'éprend de Kathy, jeune femme issue d'une famille aisée... (Flash Pictures)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Watching Gentleman's Agreement almost made me nauseous. Not even because of how the film is shot, or how it's acted, because there's not much to criticize about that because it's good. But rather because one realizes that it's a film that accentuates antisemitism soon after the war. But 70 years have passed, and nothing has changed in the world. The hate is still there and it’s even worse. Basically a timeless film.
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Elia Kazan again as a director of a social drama. That's why there is a lot of talking here, often and quickly, generously forgiving and at the right moment avoiding consequences. Less is sometimes more and here, one intense scene would be enough and would say more than the fifth or sixth monologue about what could be done but isn't. Gregory Peck himself admitted that as a more mature actor, he would have put much more into the role of Mr. Green, unfortunately, the Agreement also appears too much like a poster thanks to him.
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