L'affaire est dans le sac
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L'affaire est dans le sac (English: It's in the Bag) is a 1932 French comedy film, directed by Pierre Prévert and written by his more famous brother, poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert, based on a script by Ákos Ráthonyi. It was Pierre Prévert's directional debut. While not a box office success at the time, it's nowadays considered a cult film.Crisp, Colin (29 June 2015). [https://books.google.com/books?id=WffjCQAAQBAJ "French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939"]. Indiana University Press – via Google Books.
Plot
The plot involves a kidnapping. A hatter, Benjamin Déboisé, with an accomplice, undertakes to kidnap the son of Hollister, a millionaire, abducting him in a bag. However, they mistakenly kidnap Hollister himself instead. Hollister, bored with life, is actually delighted to be involved in the adventure, while Hollister's daughter and a second accomplice fall in love, and Déboisé eventually disappears with the ransom.
Cast
Étienne Decroux played the kidnapper Benjamin Déboisé. Other actors included a young Jean-Paul Le Chanois (billed as Jean-Paul Dreyfus), Julien Carette, Philippe Richard, Anthony Gildès, and Jacques Brunius. Future screenwriter Louis Chavance appears as a passer-by.
Production
The film was produced by Pathé Distribution and was shot in eight days on a limited budget at the Pathé-Natan studios in Joinville-le-Pont. It premiered in France on 25 November 1932 and was not a success, although it went on to become something of a cult film.
At the time the film was made, Jaques Prévert had just formed October Group, a left wing agitprop troupe, and many of the film's technicians and some of the actors became involved with that group.
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External links
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Category:French crime comedy films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films about kidnapping in France
Category:Films directed by Pierre Prévert
Category:1930s crime comedy films
Category:Films scored by Maurice Jaubert