''My Brother from Senegal'' (French: ''Mon frangin du Sénégal'') is a 1953 French

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directed by Guy Lacourt and starring Raymond Bussières,

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and

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

.Vincendeau p.153 The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Synopsis

A young photographer is in love with the daughter of a nearby grocer. However she is obsessed with the adventurous heroes she watches in films. To impress her he decides to invent an

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recently returned from

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Cast

* Raymond Bussières as Jules Pinson, photograph and son "double": César *

as Annette Bridoux, the daughter of the grocer *

as Mr Bridoux, the grocer and father of Annette * Paulette Dubost as Séraphine, the maidservant of Mr Chaffinch * Paul Demange as the ancient colonial *

Marcelle Arnold Marcelle Arnold (4 May 1917 – 31 March 2010) was a French film, stage and television actress.Turk p.441 Selected filmography * ''Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) - Magda - la prostituée au perroquet * ''All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949) - Hermine * ...

as Mrs Angèle *

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as Mrs Sophie, the florist * Jacques Fabbri as the corporal of police station * Gisèle Grandpré as the lady who makes photograph her binoculars * Irène Bréor as the singer in the ball *

Albert Michel Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.Paietta p.40 Selected filmography * ''Je chante'' (1938) - Un laitier (uncredited) * ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Clanpinet * ''Chèque au porteur'' (1941) * ''Fièvres'' ...

as the state trooper of the circulation * Lud Germain as the hired black as clerk *

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as the mister who puts down posters *

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as an inhabitant beater *

Martine Beauvais Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch po ...

as the lady to the small dog *

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as the doctor

References

Bibliography

* Ginette Vincendeau. ''Stars and Stardom in French Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.

External links

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Mon frangin du Sénégal (1953)
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