''Divine'' is a 1975 French

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directed by

Dominique Delouche "Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born ...

and starring

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Jean Le Poulain Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director. He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was t ...

and Martine Couture.The A to Z of French Cinema p.117 A young man becomes obsessed with a famous entertainer, to the annoyance of his fiancée.

Cast

as Marion Renoir *

as L'imprésario Bobovitch * Martine Couture as Antonia *

Richard Fontana Richard Fontana is a lawyer in the United States who is particularly known for his work in the area of open source and free software. Fontana works at Red Hat. Before Red Hat he was counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). In 2012 Fontana ...

as Olivier Chalon * Candy as Agnès *

Georgette Plana Georgette is a feminine given name, the French form of (''Geōrgia''), the feminine form of George. Georgette may refer to: People * Georgette Barry (1919–2003), stage name Andrea King, American actress * Georgette Bauerdorf (1924–1944), Ame ...

as Gigi *

Raymond Gérôme Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian-born, French stage and screen actor. Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of ''Jeanne ...

as Le garçon de café * Dominique Leverd as L'acteur qui joue Ruy Blas *

Christine Boisson Christine Boisson (born 8 April 1956) is a French actress. Biography After she registered in a model agency, Just Jaeckin liked her photo, and she got a part in the film ''Emmanuelle'' starring Sylvia Kristel, in which she played a lollipop-su ...

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1975 films 1975 comedy films French comedy films 1970s French-language films Films directed by Dominique Delouche Films shot in Paris Films set in Paris 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub