''A Woman's Treasure'' (French: ''Un trésor de femme'') is a 1953 French
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director.Rège p.939
Selected filmography
* ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922)
* ''Durand Jewellers'' (1938)
* ''Gibraltar (1938 film), ...
and starring
François Périer,
Marie Daëms and
Jacques Morel.
[https://www.unifrance.org/film/7389/un-tresor-de-femme] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis
François goes to the
jewellers to get a
ring
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* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
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* ''The Ring'' (franchise), a ...
for his
fiancée
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Isabelle. However a stranger, 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
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François Périer as François Delaroche
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Marie Daëms as Sophie Brunet
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Renée Cosima as Isabelle Villier-Boulard
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Jacques Morel as Albert Brunet
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Georges Vitray
Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French film actor.Crisp p.155
Biography
Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother wa ...
as M. Villlier-Boulard - le père d'Isabelle
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Suzanne Norbert as La mère d'Isabelle
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Jacques Pierre as Olivier
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Betty Daussmond as La grand-mère
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René Hell as Le gardien
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François Joux
François Joux (born 11 July 1912, date of death unknown) was a French stage and film actor.Paietta p.15
Selected filmography
* ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941)
* ''The Duchess of Langeais (1942 film), The Duchess of Langeais'' (1942)
* ''The Trump ...
as Un dîneur
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Jacques Denoël as Lucien
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Luce Fabiole as Célestine
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Marguerite Garcya as Madame Delaroche
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Lise Graf as Marthe
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Suzanne Guémard
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People
* Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
* S. U. Zanne, pen name of August Vandekerkhove (1838–1923), Belgian writer and inventor
* Suzanne, pen name of Renée Ménde ...
as Madame Villier-Boulard
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Daniel Ceccaldi
Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor.
He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father ''Lucien Darbon'' in François Truffaut's movies ''Stolen Kis ...
as Le docteur
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Marcella Sansonetti as La tante
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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
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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
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