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Une fois dans la vie

1934 · 88 min

A light, charming French comedy of mistaken wealth, with gentle laughs and a touch of romantic mischief.

Directed by
Max de Vaucorbeil
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Noël-Noël, Renée Saint-Cyr, Mady Berry
Overview
One weekend an office worker is stuck with five million francs that he is temporarily unable to deposit, so he pretends to be a rich man.A woman takes that opportunity to seduce him, while a gang of crooks seeks to fleece him.

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Directed by
Max de Vaucorbeil
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Noël-Noël, Renée Saint-Cyr, Mady Berry
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • deception
  • greed
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Max de Vaucorbeil
Written by
Max Neufeld, Hans Rameau
Starring
Noël-Noël, Renée Saint-Cyr, Mady Berry, Lucien Callamand, Marcel Carpentier, Gregori Chmara, Paulette Dubost, Hugues de Bagratide
Runtime
88 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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