''She and Me'' () is a 1952 French
comedy film
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directed by
Guy Lefranc
Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwr ...
from a screenplay by
Michel Audiard
Paul Michel Audiard (; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He ...
and , based on Duché's 1952 novel ''Elle et lui''. It stars
François Périer
François Périer (; born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 28 June 2002) was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
Career
He made over 110 film and TV appearances from 1938 to 1996, with notable excursi ...
and
Dany Robin
Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘''la petite fiancée de la France''’ (''France's little fiancée'') in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars ...
, with
Jacqueline Gauthier
Jacqueline Gauthier (7 October 1921 – 18 September 1982) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.115
Selected filmography
* '' Louise'' (1939)
* ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942)
* '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942)
* '' The Newspaper ...
,
Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Life and career
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...
and
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
. The film's sets were designed by
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Robert Clavel.
Cast
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François Périer
François Périer (; born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 28 June 2002) was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
Career
He made over 110 film and TV appearances from 1938 to 1996, with notable excursi ...
as Jean Montaigu
*
Dany Robin
Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘''la petite fiancée de la France''’ (''France's little fiancée'') in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars ...
as Juliette Capulet
*
Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Life and career
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...
as Gaston, Jean's friend
*
Jacqueline Gauthier
Jacqueline Gauthier (7 October 1921 – 18 September 1982) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.115
Selected filmography
* '' Louise'' (1939)
* ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942)
* '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942)
* '' The Newspaper ...
as Irène Duval (nicknamed "Biquette")
*
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
as Mr Belhomme, the eccentric owner
*
Paul Faivre
Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The House Opposite'' (1937)
* '' The Lady from Vittel'' (1937)
* ''Cinderella'' (1937)
* '' Behind the Facade'' (1939)
* '' Vidocq'' (1939)
* ''Moulin ...
as Jean's uncle
* as Marie, Jean's aunt
*
Michel Nastorg
Michel Nastorg (1914–1984) was a French actor.
During World War II he was called into the French army as Soldier Second Class. With the Seventh Army he retreated from Belgium before a fierce German onslaught, and found himself at Dunkirk in Ju ...
as Juliette's father
* as Juliette's mother
*
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...
as café waiter
* as mayor
*
Geneviève Morel
Geneviève Morel (1916–1989) was a French stage and film actress.Bessy & Chirat p.233
Selected filmography
* '' Beating Heart'' (1940) − Marinette − une élève (uncredited)
* ''Sarajevo'' (1940) − (uncredited)
* '' Madame Sans−Gêne' ...
as tobacconist
References
External links
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She and Me' at the ''Films de France''
1952 films
1952 comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Guy Lefranc
Films based on French novels
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
French black-and-white films
French comedy films
1950s French films
Films scored by Paul Misraki
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