Give Me My Chance (1958)
Directed by Leonide Moguy
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Michele Mercier stars as Nicole, a country lass who comes to the big city after winning a "new faces" contest sponsored by a movie studio. Betrayed by a man she thought she could trust, Nicole attempts suicide. She is saved from herself by her home-town fiancé, but the fact remains that she is now considered a failure. A last-minute twist of fate brings about a highly unlikely happy ending. Surprisingly, director Leonide Moguy seems to be taking Georges Tabet's script seriously, instead of treating it as a semi-satirical romantic trifle. The film's title, incidentally, translates to Give Me My Chance.
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contest, contract, employee, fiancee, film-studio, finances, France, movie-contract, rehearsal, rescue, romance, ruination, screen-test, stars [celebrities], studio, suicide, talent, village, winner
