Summary
Agathe, a young Belgian girl, has won a two weeks’ holiday on the
Côte d’Azur. She sets out, hitchhiking her way to Paris,
hoping that at her journey’s end she will meet her Prince
Charming. Unfortunately, her adventure will be very different
from what she had imagined and she will learn that people do not always
act through the best intentions. She accepts willingly when a 40-something man
invites her to have dinner with him at a posh restaurant but makes a
hasty retreat when she realises what he has planned in the way of after
dinner entertainment. Next, she falls for an airline
pilot. He offers to take her to Nice, but it is obvious that the
price of her ticket will be more than she is willing to pay. So,
it’s back to the open road, and Agathe is still confident that, in
spite of everything, love and happiness await her on the Riviera...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Jacqueline Audry
- Script: Stella Kersová, Pierre Laroche, Pierre Pelegri
- Photo: Robert Lefebvre
- Music: Georges Van Parys
- Cast: Agathe Aëms (Agathe), Arletty (Gabrielle, maîtresse de Rameau), Gilbert Bécaud (Le pilote d’air france), Francis Blanche (Le douanier), Bernard Blier (Rameau), Pierre Brasseur (Achille Pipermint), Jean-Claude Brialy (Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses), Darry Cowl (Le journaliste), Fernand Gravey (L’homme à la cadillac), Daniel Gélin (Le comédien), Robert Hossein (Le fou), Michel Le Royer (Champion de tennis), Pierre Mondy (Le manager), Noël-Noël (Le baron), Andréa Parisy (Une autostoppeuse), François Périer (L’homme de 40 ans), Claude Rich (L’homme de 30 ans), Lino Ventura (Le conducteur de car)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 95 min; B&W
- Aka: Hitch-Hike
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