Antoine et Antoinette
1947 Comedy / Drama   

 

Review
In this, one of his most highly rated films, Jacques Becker uses the plot of René Clair’s 1931 musical farce, Le Million, as a pretext for an intimate portrait of working class life in France.   He approaches his subject with the characteristic warmth and perspicacity which made him a favourite with New Wave directors such as François Truffaut.  As in his earlier film, Goupi mains rouges, Becker manages to combine a neo-realist cinematic style with an engaging comic narrative.  Watch out for comic giant Louis de Funès in one of his earliest (fleeting) film appearances.

© James Travers 2000

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  Director: Jacques Becker
Starring: Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert, Gaston Modot, Made Siamé

Synopsis
Antoine and Antoinette are a typical working class couple living in Paris.  He works as a foreman in a printing works, she is a modest sales assistant in a department store.  One day, their uneventful lives are suddenly upturned when Antoinette buys a winning lottery ticket.  But when they go to collect their winnings, the ticket has mysteriously disappeared…

Credits
  • Director: Jacques Becker
  • Script: Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe, Françoise Giroud
  • Photo: Pierre Montazel
  • Music: Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
  • Cast: Roger Pigaut (Antoine Moulin), Claire Mafféi (Antoinette Moulin), Noël Roquevert (M. Roland), Gaston Modot (Official), Made Siamé (La patronne du tabac), Pierre Trabaud (Riton), Jacques Meyran (M. Barbelot), François Joux (Le marié), Gérard Oury (Customer), Charles Camus (Le patron du tabac), Émile Drain (Le père du marié), Annette Poivre (Juliette), Louis de Funès (Un garçon épicier)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 78 min; B&W
  • Aka: Antoine and Antoinette
    


 


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