Sweet Madness

{{short description|1951 film}}

{{For|the unrelated 1952 British play|Sweet Madness (play)}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Sweet Madness

| image = File:Sweet Madness.jpg

| caption =

| director = Jean-Paul Paulin

| producer = Pascal Paulin

| writer = Marcel-Éric Grancher
Jean-Paul Paulin

| based_on = Sous le Pavillon Noir by Marcel-Éric Grancher

| starring = {{ubl|Lisette Jambel|Marthe Mercadier|Louis de Funès}}

| music = Louis Gasté

| cinematography = Pierre Petit

| editing = Gisèle Gouye

| studio = Francinalp

| distributor = Astoria Films

| released = {{Film date|1951|07|04|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Sweet Madness (French: Folie douce) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Lisette Jambel, Marthe Mercadier and André Gabriello.https://www.unifrance.org/film/5516/folie-douceDicale p.57Rège p.799 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Delfau.

Synopsis

The president of a company goes mildly insane and is restrained by his associates in a lunatic asylum. However he escapes and returns to the head of the company showing great extravagances towards the employees that infuriate his fellow directors.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Dicale, Bertrand. Louis de Funès, grimaces et gloire. Grasset, 2009.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.