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My Brother from Senegal

1953 · 85 min

A gentle, chatty old-fashioned farce that coasts on small-town charm and the pleasures of an amiable small lie.

Directed by
Guy Lacourt
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Jules Pinson, photographer in a small provincial village is in love with Annette, the daughter of the grocer. She 's dreaming only heros of adventure movies, so Jules invents a twin brother, Caesar, hunter of lions in Senegal ...
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Love, deception, identity, family
Content
Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Guy Lacourt
Genres
Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    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
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Guy Lacourt
    Starring
    Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre, Noël Roquevert, Paulette Dubost, Louis de Funès, Paul Demange, Marcelle Arnold, Jacques Fabbri
    Music
    Norbert Glanzberg
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    France, Italy
    Languages
    French

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