My Brother from Senegal
My Brother from Senegal (French: Mon frangin du Sénégal) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Guy Lacourt and starring Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre and Noël Roquevert.[1]
| My Brother from Senegal | |
|---|---|
 Raymond Bussières and Annette Poivre | |
| Directed by | Guy Lacourt |
| Written by | Norbert Carbonnaux |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Marcelle Lioret |
| Music by | Norbert Glanzberg |
Production company | Société Lyonnaise de Production de Films |
| Distributed by | Sofradis |
Release date | 20 November 1953 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.
Synopsis
A young photographer is in love with the daughter of a nearby grocer. However she is obsessed with the adventurous heroes she watches in films. To impress her he decides to invent an identical twin recently returned from French Africa.
Cast
- Raymond Bussières as Jules Pinson, photograph and son "double": César
- Annette Poivre as Annette Bridoux, the daughter of the grocer
- Noël Roquevert as Mr Bridoux, the grocer and father of Annette
- Paulette Dubost as Séraphine, the maidservant of Mr Chaffinch
- Paul Demange as the ancient colonial
- Marcelle Arnold as Mrs Angèle
- Sophie Sel as Mrs Sophie, the florist
- Jacques Fabbri as the corporal of police station
- Gisèle Grandpré as the lady who makes photograph her binoculars
- Irène Bréor as the singer in the ball
- Albert Michel as the state trooper of the circulation
- Lud Germain as the hired black as clerk
- Louis Viret as the mister who puts down posters
- Eugène Stuber as an inhabitant beater
- Franck Maurice as an inhabitant beater
- Martine Beauvais as the lady to the small dog
- Louis de Funès as the doctor
References
- Vincendeau p.153
Bibliography
- Ginette Vincendeau. Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
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