L'oeil en coulisse (1953)

10.0/10 • 105 min • Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Henri Génès

Tonin Bonafous

Jeannette Batti

Martine Cairolle

Nicole Maurey

Annette Durand

Jean-Marc Thibault

Dudu Durand

Louis Velle

Martine's fiancé

Paul Faivre

Mr. Leloup of the funeral directors

Robert Rollis

Noisemaker

Gaston Orbal

Orchestra conductor

Charles Bouillaud

Neighbor at the window

Roger Couderc

Radio host

Jacques Provins

Self - in their radio pastiche

André Chanu

Paulette Dubost

Mrs. Florent

Félix Marten

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