Synopsis
This French film updates a classic tale by Voltaire and uses it as an allegory in which divisions of race and class are explored. In the film, Ingenu (Renaud Verley) is a native of India, working in another country. His charms beguile the youngest daughter of an upper-class family, and she falls in love with him and wants to marry him. This upsets the family for several reasons: he is not wealthy, he is dark-skinned, and he is not of their class. Indeed, before he came along, the daughter was slated to marry a wealthy business tycoon who, even though he was not of the "right" class, at least had money and the right skin color.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (12)
Production and distribution (2)
- French distribution : Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Norbert Carbonnaux
- Director of Photography : Didier Tarot
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Assistant directors : Michel Lang, René Richon
- Editor : Monique Kirsanoff
- Costume designer : Paulette Breil
- Author of original work : Voltaire
- Producer : Eugène Lepicier
- Sound Assistant : Daniel Brisseau
- Assistant Operator : Andrée Clément
- Camera Operator : Gilbert Chain
- Production Manager : Guy Lacourt
- Foley artist : Daniel Couteau
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Literary adaptation
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 15/11/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 38595
- Visa issue date : 16/11/1971
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
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