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Feu Toupinel

1934 · 86 min

A light, talky French farce of mistaken identities and romantic muddles, pleasant but unremarkable.

Directed by
Roger Capellani
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Pierre Etchepare, Colette Darfeuil, Mauricet
Overview
The late Toupinel, a merry fellow, kept a legitimate wife in Paris, and a mistress who passed for his wife in the provinces. When he died, the two widows remarried. A former lover of the mistress comes to confuse everything because he is the real widow's friend.

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Directed by
Roger Capellani
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Pierre Etchepare, Colette Darfeuil, Mauricet
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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
    • deception
    • love
    • family
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    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
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Roger Capellani
    Starring
    Pierre Etchepare, Colette Darfeuil, Mauricet, Simone Deguyse, Alice Tissot, Georges Morton, Henri Vilbert, Marcel Barencey
    Runtime
    86 min

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