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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 Prvert and written by his more famous brother, poet and screenwriter Jacques Prvert, based on a script by kos Rthonyi.[ It was Pierre Prvert'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 CinemaA Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 19291939"]. Indiana University Press via Google Books.]
Plot
The plot involves a kidnapping. A hatter, Benjamin Dbois, 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 Dbois eventually disappears with the ransom.[
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Cast
tienne Decroux played the kidnapper Benjamin Dbois. Other actors included a young Jean-Paul Le Chanois (billed as Jean-Paul Dreyfus), Julien Carette, Philippe Richard, Anthony Gilds, and Jacques Brunius. Future screenwriter Louis Chavance appears as a passer-by.[
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Production
The film was produced by Path Distribution and was shot in eight days on a limited budget at the Path-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.[
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At the time the film was made, Jaques Prvert 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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