The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois

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The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois
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Directed by Pierre Billon
Written byPierre Billon
Jacques Companéez
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Based onMétier de femme by André-Paul Antoine
Produced byPierre Billon
Starring Annie Ducaux
André Luguet
Germaine Reuver
Cinematography Paul Cotteret
Edited by Madeleine Gug
Music by Jean Marion
Production
company
Production Artistique et Cinématographique
Distributed by Éclair-Journal
Release date
  • 22 September 1943 (1943-09-22)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (French: L'Inévitable Monsieur Dubois) is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Annie Ducaux, André Luguet and Germaine Reuver. [1] It was shot at the Studio François 1 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. Similar in style to screwball comedy, it was produced and released during the German Occupation and was a popular success. It was subsequently remade as the 1947 Swedish film Dinner for Two .

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Synopsis

Hélène Mareuil a successful businesswoman running a luxury perfume factory in Southern France. One day she accidentally knocks down the artist Claude Dubois from his bicycle. He sets out to court her, which is a far from easy task.

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References

  1. Neupert p.315

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