Love Stories from the African Diaspora
Here are some of our picks for inclusive Black love stories in film and media. We hope you enjoy these tender love stories and beautiful depictions.
Dora Nelson
Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa. In vexation she decides to return to her husband and to her career. Unfortunately for her, Suzanne Verdier, a little working girl, has in the meantime replaced her not only in the film she had left unfinished but in her husband's heart as well. Dora eventually understands she must step aside.
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Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa. In vexation she decides to return to her husband and to her career. Unfortunately for her, Suzanne Verdier, a little working girl, has in the meantime replaced her not only in the film she had left unfinished but in her husband's heart as well. Dora eventually understands she must step aside.
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Genre:Comedy
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Flores Films
Cast
René Guissart
Director
Elvira Popescu
Dora Nelson / Suzanne Verdier
André Lefaur
Philippe de Moreuil
Frédéric Duvallès
Étienne Beaupertuis
Micheline Cheirel
Yvonne de Moreuil
Julien Carette
Fouchard
Paule Andral
Madame de Chantalard
Jenny Burnay
Elsa
Andrée Champeaux
Célestine
Clara d'Arc
Huguette
Jacqueline Brizard
Clara, worker
Christiane Delval
Marthe, worker
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