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'My Brother from Senegal' (French: 'Mon frangin du Sngal') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Guy Lacourt and starring Raymond Bussires, Annette Poivre and Nol Roquevert.Vincendeau p.153

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Bouti.

Synopsis



A young photographer is in love with the daughter of a nearby grocer. However she is obsessed with the adventurous heroes she watches in films. To impress her he decides to invent an identical twin recently returned from French Africa.

Cast



* Raymond Bussires as Jules Pinson, photograph and son "double": Csar

* Annette Poivre as Annette Bridoux, the daughter of the grocer

* Nol Roquevert as Mr Bridoux, the grocer and father of Annette

* Paulette Dubost as Sraphine, the maidservant of Mr Chaffinch

* Paul Demange as the ancient colonial

* Marcelle Arnold as Mrs Angle

* Sophie Sel as Mrs Sophie, the florist

* Jacques Fabbri as the corporal of police station

* Gisle Grandpr as the lady who makes photograph her binoculars

* Irne Bror as the singer in the ball

* Albert Michel as the state trooper of the circulation

* Lud Germain as the hired black as clerk

* Louis Viret as the mister who puts down posters

* Eugne Stuber as an inhabitant beater

* Franck Maurice as an inhabitant beater

* Martine Beauvais as the lady to the small dog

* Louis de Funs as the doctor

References



Bibliography



* Ginette Vincendeau. 'Stars and Stardom in French Cinema'. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.


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