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Service Entrance

1954 · 94 min

A gentle, talky French comedy-drama that unfolds through a young woman's rueful storytelling, mixing light humour with quiet sympathy for her misfortunes.

Directed by
Carlo Rim
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Louis de Funès, Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux
Overview
Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, Marie-Lou starts recounting her unfortunate experiences as a housemaid. On account of adverse circumstances, she tells them, she lost all of the jobs she had in five different families. To crown it all, the young man she has fallen in love with, a brilliant artist, is in prison...

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Directed by
Carlo Rim
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Louis de Funès, Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • work
    • love
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Carlo Rim
    Written by
    Jean Le Vitte, Carlo Rim
    Starring
    Louis de Funès, Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux, Robert Lamoureux, Jean-Marc Thibault, Sophie Desmarets, Jean Richard, Denise Grey
    Cinematography
    Robert Juillard
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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