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Long Live the Duke!

1960 · 80 min

A gentle, good-natured village comedy where bureaucratic stubbornness meets amateur theatrical chaos, pleasant and mildly amusing without ever biting hard.

Directed by
Michel Romanoff, Jean-Marc Landier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marie-José Nat, Amédée, Jacques Aubertin
Overview
A Belgian village is struck by repeated flooding, all this because they lack a new sewer. But the Ministry delays in providing the funding needed to build it. To alert public opinion, the villagers decide to do something. This "something" will be a play describing the life of their saint patron. Trouble follows, partly fueled by the short-tempered mayor.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Michel Romanoff, Jean-Marc Landier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Marie-José Nat, Amédée, Jacques Aubertin
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • politics
  • class
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Starring
Marie-José Nat, Amédée, Jacques Aubertin, Robert Berry, Francis Blanche, Lucien Charbonnier, Irma De Veirman, Dolf Denis
Runtime
80 min

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