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RUNTIME
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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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L'homme de joie
1950 1h 18m FR
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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A boudoir adventure during which the seductive Madame Jolivet, shocked by the behavior of her husband who appears with an actress, calls on the services of a young man, known as "the man of joy".
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Henri Perlis
Simone Renant
Madeleine Jolivet
Jacques Morel
Édouard Jolivet
Lysiane Rey
Margot Baron
Nadine Alari
Mireille
Henri Crémieux
M. Jolivet
Maurice Derville
Émile Genevois
Le livreur
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Gilles Grangier
- Writers
- René Wheeler
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Gilles Grangier directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 276 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jean-Pierre Aumont and Simone Renant and Jacques Morel carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0157763 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 78 min · 1h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Gilles Grangier
Production companies
Who made it
- LE
Les Films Ariane
FR
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorClaude Pinoteau
- DialoguePaul Géraldy
- ProducerAlexandre Mnouchkine
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1950-12-08
