Synopsis
Nicolas, the owner of a small café, has had enough of his current life. Business-wise, customers are more and more scarce. As for the love side, the situation is not any better as Jacqueline, his charming wife, not content to be spendthrift, might well be cheating on him.. To escape this harrowing reality Nicolas decides to simulate his suicide and disappears. Lucky or unlucky draw? Both in fact as, on the one hand, Nicolas finds serenity but, on the other he wins a huge sum of money in a lottery. How will he manage to get the money now?
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (20)
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Ayres d'Aguiar
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Féline
- Author of original work : André Mouëzy-Éon
- Sound Recordist : Louis Perrin
- Screenwriter : Jean Guitton
- Director of Photography : Paul Cotteret
- Editor : André Versein
- Production Designer : Max Douy
- Music Composer : Loulou Gasté
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1942
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status :
- Visa number : 496
- Visa issue date : 08/11/1942
- Approval :
- Production formats : 70mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Audio format : Mono