During his holidays, Albert becomes acquainted with Françoise, a
provincial young girl who is a devotee of glossy Parisian
magazines. Believing her new acquaintance to be her beau
idéal, Françoise persuades Albert to take her with him to
Paris. Here, he introduces her to his mother, who manages a dance
school. When her dreams end in disappointment, Françoise
takes refuge at the home of her aunt, a spinster whose brother is the
editor on a well-known newspaper. The latter has the brilliant
idea of building a novel around Françoise, a novel in which a
young woman returns to Paris to find her Prince Charming, a little boy
she met in a park ten years previously. This delightful fable
becomes a big success on television and Françoise's face is
plastered all over the newspapers. The only person who is unhappy
at this turn of events is Albert who is determined to put an end to all
this nonsense publicity...
Cast:Jean-Pierre Cassel (Albert),
Françoise Dorléac (Françoise),
Arletty (La mère d'Albert),
Jean Poiret (Vieux),
Michel Serrault (Pétrarque),
Micheline Francey (La tante),
Evelyne Ker (Antoinette),
Michel Vitold (Antonin),
Denise Gence (La directrice de l'institut Saint-Marc),
Christian Marin (Le caméraman),
Régine (Herself),
Hélène Dieudonné (La grand-mère de Françoise),
Pierre Duncan (Le boucher),
Louis Saintève (Le grand-père de Françoise),
François Billetdoux (Le religieux),
Jean-Jacques Debout (Le soupirant de Françoise),
Denise Péronne (Une élève danseuse),
Roger Trapp (Un élève danseur),
Raoul Saint-Yves,
Marie-Claude Breton
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 90 min
Aka:The Dance
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