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Overview
Auguste is a French film comedy first released in 1961,
directed by Pierre Chevalier.
The film is based on a play by Raymond Castans and stars Fernand Raynaud, Valérie Lagrange, Jean Poiret and Roger Carel.
It has also been released under the title: Kolka, My Friend.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Modest bank clerk Auguste Roussel finds himself on the front page of every news paper
in the land when, one day, he jumps into the Seine to save a young woman from drowning.
Unbeknown to him, the woman in question is aspiring film star and publicity seeker Françoise,
a.k.a. Marylyn Wood, who was staging a fake suicide and rescue attempt to earn herself
a place on the cover of a glossy magazine. Her agent, the Machiavellian publicist
Flauvert, decides to use Auguste’s newfound fame to their mutual advantage…
Film Review
Popular comic actor Fernand Raynaud gives an ebullient performance in this light-hearted
satire on the cult of the celebrity and art of media manipulation – and is just as relevant
today (perhaps more so) than it was when the film was made. Some of the jokes and
situations are a tad predictable, but the comedy is generally well played, with some memorable
contributions from Jean Poiret (the scheming publicist) and the delightful Fernand Raynaud.
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