Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
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Henri Génès
Tonin Bonafous
Known for
The Sucker
The Cabbage Soup
Jeannette Batti
Martine Cairolle
Known for
La Traversée de Paris
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Pierre Lévy-Corti
Nicole Maurey
Annette Durand
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Diary of a Country Priest
Remo Forlani
Jean-Marc Thibault
Dudu Durand
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Vidocq
Paul Vandenberghe
Jacques Gencel
Jojo Cairolle
Also in
Green Harvest
Forbidden Fruit
Louis Velle
Martine's fiancé
Known for
Frontier Hellcat
Paul Faivre
Mr. Leloup of the funeral directors
Known for
...And God Created Woman
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Robert Rollis
Noisemaker
Known for
The Little Bather
War of the Buttons
Gaston Orbal
Orchestra conductor
Known for
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
André Berthomieu Director · Henri Betti Composer
First release July 19, 1953 · Produced in France · Production Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
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Procinex
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Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
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France
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French
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French
Release dates
France · July 19, 1953
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