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The Country I Come From (1956)

Directed by Marcel Carné

Overview

One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town.  Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double.  Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any romantic overtures.  Eric decides to give the course of true love a helping hand by pretending to be Julien.  Meanwhile, Eric’s fabulously wealthy uncle has sent his minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Gilbert Bécaud | Françoise Arnoul | Jean Toulout | Claude Brasseur | André Gabriello | Marcel Bozzuffi | Jacques Dhéry | Camille Guérini | Gaby Basset | Martial Rèbe | Madeleine Lebeau | Charles Lemontier