The Girl with the Golden Eyes (French: La fille aux yeux d'or, Italian: La ragazza dagli occhi d'oro) is a 1961 drama film directed by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco and starring Marie Laforêt.
A French-Italian co-production, it is based on the 1835 novella with the same name by Honoré de Balzac. It entered the main competition at the 22nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. The title of the film went on to become Laforêt's lifelong nickname.
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Cast
Marie Laforêt as the Girl
Paul Guers as Henri de Marsay
Françoise Prévost as Éléonore aka 'Léo'
Françoise Dorléac as Katia
Jacques Verlier as Paul de Manerville
Alice Sapritch as madame Alberte
Carla Marlier as Sonia
Frédéric de Pasquale as Willy
Guy Martin as Chabert
Jacques Herlin as Taxi Driver
Reception
Bosley Crowther for the New York Times said the film "hit the jackpot of intentional obscurity", but also called it one of the best photographed French films for some time.