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L'École des contribuables

1934 · 77 min

A light, talky French comedy of bureaucratic manners, brisk and playful, with mild domestic mischief rather than big laughs.

Overview
A bureaucrat, tax assessor, specialized in tax return and fraud, complains about his son-in-law's inactivity. He'd rather have thought twice before urging him to work...

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • family
    • class
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    René Guissart
    Written by
    Louis Verneuil, Georges Berr
    Starring
    Armand Bernard, Mireille Perrey, Louis Baron fils, Christiane Delyne, Pierre Larquey, Paul Pauley, Paul Amiot, Jacques de Féraudy
    Runtime
    77 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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