Synopsis
This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, at a bookseller along the banks of the Seine, in the streets, at a café. Enough to drive him up the wall!
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Argos Films, Como Films, Son et Lumière
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Anatole Dauman
- Adaptation : Henri Gruel
- Screenwriter : Jean Suyeux
- Director of Photography : Maurice Barry
- Music Composer : Paul Braffort
- Editor : Henri Colpi
- Sound Recordist : René Louge
- Producer : Pierre Long
- Line Producer : Philippe Lifchitz
- Camera Operator : Antonio Harispe
- Assistant editor : Jasmine Chasney
- Narration Writer : Boris Vian
- Singer : Cora Vaucaire
- Narrator : Pascal Mazzotti
- Music Director : Georges Delerue
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1958
- Runtime : 14 min
- Visa number : 19605
- Visa issue date : 31/12/1957
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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