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La Fête à Henriette
1952 Comedy / Romance
Review
Mainly on the strength of its script (an excellent collaborative effort from Henri Jeanson
and Julien Duvivier), La Fête à Henriette is one of the most entertaining
and insightful films about the process of film-making. The idea has since been reused
a number of times, most notably in Robert Guédiguian’s 2000 film À
l’attaque!, but probably never as cleverly as in this French film classic.
Dany Robin and Michel Auclair make a strong lead couple, clearly relishing their stereotypical
comedic roles and bringing a great deal of cohesion to what might perhaps have ended up
as an unsatisfactorily fragmented film.
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Director:
Julien Duvivier
Starring: Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, Hildegard Knef, Michel Roux, Paulette Dubost Synopsis
A script writer and a film director have decided on the characters for their next film
but have yet to come up with an original plot. As they bounce ideas off one another
a storyline starts to emerge. The heroine of the story is Henriette, a Parisian
dressmaker who is engaged to Robert, a reporter. At a ball, Robert has to abandon
Henriette, having received a mysterious invitation from a female acquaintance, Rita Solar.
Henriette gets her own back by pairing up with Maurice, a small-time crook who persuades
her to assist him in his next daring robbery...
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