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Box of Dreams

Original title: La boîte aux rêves
  • 1945
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
63
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Box of Dreams (1945)
ComedyDrama

Nicole tries to seduce a young man who leads a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.Nicole tries to seduce a young man who leads a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.Nicole tries to seduce a young man who leads a bohemian life in an untidy flat with his three pals.

  • Directors
    • Yves Allégret
    • Jean Choux
  • Writers
    • Yves Allégret
    • René Lefèvre
    • Viviane Romance
  • Stars
    • Viviane Romance
    • Henri Guisol
    • Frank Villard
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    63
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Yves Allégret
      • Jean Choux
    • Writers
      • Yves Allégret
      • René Lefèvre
      • Viviane Romance
    • Stars
      • Viviane Romance
      • Henri Guisol
      • Frank Villard
    • 1User review
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    Viviane Romance
    Viviane Romance
    • Nicole Payen-Laurel
    Henri Guisol
    Henri Guisol
    • Pierre Forestier
    Frank Villard
    Frank Villard
    • Jean
    • (as Franck Villard)
    Gisèle Alcée
    • Gisèle - la nouvelle bonne des quatre bohèmes
    Roland Armontel
    Roland Armontel
    • Amédée
    • (as Armontel)
    Henri Bry
    • Pépito
    Mathilde Casadesus
    • L'Agitée
    Léonce Corne
    Léonce Corne
    • Le parent
    René Lefèvre
    René Lefèvre
    • Marc
    Félix Oudart
    Félix Oudart
    Palau
    Palau
    • Payen-Laurel
    Pierre-Louis
    • Alain
    Marguerite Pierry
    • Tante Lucie
    Robert Pizani
    Robert Pizani
    • Oncle André
    Raymonde
    Albert Rémy
    Albert Rémy
    Germaine Stainval
    Pierre Asso
    • Le fou
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Yves Allégret
      • Jean Choux
    • Writers
      • Yves Allégret
      • René Lefèvre
      • Viviane Romance
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      Mathilde Casadesus's debut.

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    Empty box of dreams

    For the cine buffs ,the consolation prize ,after sitting through this ponderous unfunny comedy is to see (fleetingly ) Simone Signoret (brunette)who would become director Yves Allégret's wife ,and for the very first time, Gérard Philipe in the part of an actor who has just did a screen test to be featured in a Marcel Pagnol's film as ...Raimu's brother (the only funny line in the whole film).

    Paris,Saint Germain Des Prés;The movie begins with a long scene taking place in the Café De Flore ,the intellectuals' meeting place ( A Jean-Paul Sartre lookalike is featured);Among the clientele four young men, a composer, a journalist ,a painter and an actor, always short of the readies,who lead a bohemian life .Nicole ,a gorgeous girl ,is in love with one of them,Jean, and she decides to seduce him.The four bachelors find her in their bathtub (in a peignoir!) and she pretends she is amnesiac , so as to stay with them in the tidy flat they share.She helps them keep their place clean and with their work problems.Three of them begin to think she's fallen for them,but they are not the chosen one.

    Although the actors (René Lefèvre,Frank Villard...) are usually good, they are here left to their own devices and they ham it up along the whole movie.Viviane Romance is cast against type and is not convincing as a nice girl .

    Allégret was ill at ease in his occupation days comedies ;after the war ,he became a successful Film Noir director,masterfully using Gérard Philipe ("Les Orgueilleux" and "Une Si Jolie Petite Plage" ) as well as his then-wife Signoret and Frank Villard ("Manèges").
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    • Dec 3, 2017
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    • Release date
      • July 11, 1945 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Pudełko snów
    • Filming locations
      • Studios CIMEX, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Var, France(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • DisCina
      • Scalera Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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