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and starring François Périer,

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and Jacques Morel. https://www.unifrance.org/film/7389/un-tresor-de-femme The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

François goes to the jewellers to get a

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for his fiancée Isabelle. However a strange Sophie tries the ring on and it gets stuck. François has to follow her around in order to try and get the ring back and the two think they have fallen in love. However, both eventually return to their existing partners.

Cast

* François Périer as François Delaroche *

as Sophie Brunet * Renée Cosima as Isabelle Villier-Boulard * Jacques Morel as Albert Brunet *

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as M. Villlier-Boulard - le père d'Isabelle *

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as La mère d'Isabelle *

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as Olivier *

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as La grand-mère *

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as Le gardien *

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as Un dîneur *

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as Lucien * Luce Fabiole as Célestine *

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as Madame Delaroche * Lise Graf as Marthe *

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as Madame Villier-Boulard * Daniel Ceccaldi as Le docteur * Marcella Sansonetti as La tante * Robert Seller as Joseph

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films French comedy films 1953 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jean Stelli French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub