Twelve Hours of Happiness

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Twelve Hours of Happiness
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Directed by Gilles Grangier
Written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
René Wheeler
Based onTwelve Hours of Happiness by Robert Boissy
Produced by Raoul Ploquin
Starring Dany Robin
Georges Marchal
Jean Tissier
Cinematography Marc Fossard
Edited by Madeleine Gug
Music by Georges Van Parys
Production
company
Les Films Raoul Ploquin
Distributed by La Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 27 August 1952 (1952-08-27)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Twelve Hours of Happiness (French: Douze heures de bonheur) is a 1952 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Dany Robin, Georges Marchal and Jean Tissier. [1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It is also known by the alternative title Jupiter.

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The daughter of a provincial pharmacist is due to marry her distant cousin Gilbert in an arranged marriage. However, she meets a stranger in the forest who has escaped from an asylum and who she dubs "Jupiter". He pretends to be her cousin and makes a good impression on the pharmacist. However complications ensue when the real cousin arrives.

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