Martine (film)


Martine is a 1961 Australian television play directed by Christopher Muir in Melbourne. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.
It was based on a play by Jean-Jacques Bernard.

Plot

In France, a young peasant girl Martine is secretly in love with sophisticated man even though he has a wife Joanne, who Madame Mervan arranged him to marry. Alfred courts Martine but she rejects him.

Cast

The play was long in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise and director Chris Muir said it required tender and delicate handling.

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said Parslow's "fine acting gave" the production "a touch of excellence that it otherwise could not hope to attain" calling the story "poignant, tender and slight."