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Piédalu à Paris

1951 · 110 min

A gentle, old-fashioned comedy of small confusions, easy to watch and mildly amusing rather than laugh-out-loud.

Overview
Piedalu is an ordinary villager, who comes to the capital to present his financial plan to the Minister of Renovation, and finds it difficult to find someone to listen to him. He meets an actress in Paris, whom he takes for a girl from his country.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • identity
    • politics
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Jean Loubignac
    Starring
    Ded Rysel, Félix Oudart, Armand Bernard, Catherine Alba, Marcelle Arnold, Jacques Berlioz, Borodine, Raymond Cordy
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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