L'affaire est dans le sac (1932)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Pierre Prévert

Writers:

Jacques Prévert (dialogue)
Jacques Prévert (screenplay)

Cast

Julien Carette	...	Clovis (as Carette)
Anthony Gildès	...	Hollister, le milliardaire (as A. Gildès)
Etienne Decroux	...	Benjamin Deboise (as E. Decroux)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois	...	Jean-Paul Dutilleul (as J.P. Dreyfus)
Pierre Darteuil	...	Stanislas, le monsieur ignoble (as P. Darteuil)
Paul Darcy	...	Le monsieur distingué (as P. Darcy)
Georges Jamin	...	Le monsieur aux vernis (as G. Jamin)
Freddy Castel	...	L'abruti (as F. Castel)
Jean Deninx	...	Un jeune homme (as J. Deminx)
Marcel Boucard	...	Le petit frère (as M. Boucard)
Lucien Raimbourg	...	Le client myope au chapeau de curé (as L. Raimbourg)
Jacques B. Brunius	...	Adrien, le client au béret (as J.B.Brunius)
Marcel Duhamel	...	Le monsieur pressé / Le capitaine de dragons (as M. Duhamel)
Daniel Gilbert	...	Le client désolé (as D. Gilbert)
Ghislaine May	...	La nurse

Also Known As:

It's in the Bag

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Pathé-Natan

It's In The Bag

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This was the first of several collaborations between Jacques Prevert and his kid brother Pierre. Prevert senior wrote two other screenplays that same year but it was junior's first At Bat. For a four and a half reeler it's quite tasty albeit weighed down by a hackneyed plot - the one where all the guys want to marry the girl with the dowry - but Prevert's linguistic touch is well in evidence and he can even be seen in a matelot-type striped jersey playing the flute. Julien Carrette is also on hand and that is always a good sign. The majority of the cast were and remain relatively unknown - Sound was still a new concept in French cinema and actors were selected as much for how they sounded as for acting ability - but the film is definitely more than a curio.