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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.
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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…
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