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Les Gaietés de l'exposition

1938 · 90 min

A featherlight French farce that ambles along with sunny slapstick charm, all mistaken looks and busy fairground bustle.

Directed by
Ernest Hajos
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frédéric Duvallès, Jacqueline Pacaud, Julien Carette
Overview
Set against the backdrop of the 1937 Paris Exposition, a mistaken identity plot where a travel agent from Morocco is confused by the French police with a dangerous swindler.

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Directed by
Ernest Hajos
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Frédéric Duvallès, Jacqueline Pacaud, Julien Carette
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • identity
  • deception
  • crime
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ernest Hajos
Starring
Frédéric Duvallès, Jacqueline Pacaud, Julien Carette, Myno Burney, Annie Cariel, Pauline Carton, Raymond Cordy, Georges Douking
Runtime
90 min
Languages
French

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