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Un soir de réveillon
1933 Comedy / Musical
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Credits
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Director: Karl Anton
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Script: Paul Armont, Jean Boyer, Marcel Gerbidon, Paul Schiller, Albert Willemetz
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Photo: Harry Stradling Sr
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Music: Raoul Moretti
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Cast: Meg Lemonnier (Monique Lepage aka Ninon),
Henri Garat (Gérard Cardova),
Armand Dranem (Honoré),
Arletty (Viviane),
René Donnio (Bob),
Martine de Breteuil (Loulette),
Marcel Carpentier (Carbonnier),
Robert Casa (M. Lepage),
José Sergy (Landier),
Lucette Desmoulins (Paulette)
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Country: France / USA
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Language: French
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Runtime: 85 min; B&W
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Aka: Christmas Eve
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Summary
One Christmas Eve, Monique is invited to dine with her aunt, who is
hopeful that she will marry Monsieur Landier, a man whose only
attraction is his wealth. That same night, Monique visits her
friend Viviane and persuades her to invite her to a Christmas Eve
party, where she will be chaperoned by her father’s loyal servant,
Honoré. At the party, Monique, passing herself off as
Viviane’s sister Ninon, attracts the attentions of a handsome young
playboy, Gérard. Aware of the immense gulf between their
social positions, Monique tries to dissuade her new admirer, without
success...
Review
The main attraction of this somewhat dated operetta is its wonderfully
eccentric cast, which includes the delightful Arletty - the future star
of Hôtel du nord (1938) and Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
- in one of her early film appearances. The plot is a
typical 1930s muddle of coincidence and mistaken identities, the songs
are so abysmally bland they ought to have been cut, but the cast inject
so much verve and humour into it that, overall, the film is quite
entertaining.
© James Travers 2008
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