''Lessons in Conduct'' (French: ''Leçon de conduite'') is a 1946 French

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directed by

Gilles Grangier Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...

and starring

Odette Joyeux Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. Biography She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 19 ...

, Gilbert Gil and

Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmogr ...

. It was shot at the

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studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Paul-Louis Boutié.

Synopsis

In provincial Grande the spoilt Micheline continually displays entitled behaviour and tries to steal the boyfriends of other girls. To teach her a lesson some locals led by Jacques stage a fake

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and hold her in a nearby

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. Even then she still manages to impose her will on her captors. When real criminals then kidnap her for

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, Jacques and his companions set out to rescue her.

Main cast

as Micheline * Gilbert Gil as Jacques *

as Frédo * André Alerme as M. Granval *

Bernard La Jarrige Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige. Selected filmography * '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited) * ''La cité des lumi ...

as Roland *Max Révol as Alexandre * Max Dalban as Mario *Anne-Marie Hunebelle *Félix Claude *Renée Vos as Danielle *

Pierre Magnier Pierre Frédéric Magnier (February 22, 1869 – October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in any film i ...

as M. Derlancourt *

Maurice Baquet Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005) was a French actor and cellist. He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand.Yves Deniaud as Angélo

References

External links

* Ex 1946 comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Gilles Grangier French black-and-white films 1940s French-language films 1940s French films Films scored by Jean Marion Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios {{1940s-comedy-film-stub