Antoine et Antoinette
Jacques Becker
Antoine, a print-worker, loves Antoinette, the pretty, young sales assistant in a department store on the Champs-Élysées. Their ordered, happy life, made up of little nothings, and niceties, a little jealousy and a dream or two, brushes with drama when a lottery ticket is lost, but finally found again.
With : Roger Pigaut, Claire Maffei, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Trabaud, Charles Camus, Emile Drain, Gaston Modot, François Joux, Jacques Meyran, Gérard Oury, Annette Poivre, Louis de Funès, Jean-Marc Thibault
Screenplay : Jacques Becker, Françoise Giroud, Maurice Griffe, Louise de Vilmorin
Image : Pierre Montazel
Sound : Jacques Lebreton
Editing : Marguerite Renoir
Music : Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Screenplay : Jacques Becker, Françoise Giroud, Maurice Griffe, Louise de Vilmorin
Image : Pierre Montazel
Sound : Jacques Lebreton
Editing : Marguerite Renoir
Music : Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Production : Gaumont
As a teenager, Jacques Becker discovered silent films in the theatres of the Grands-Boulevards. In 1932, he became assistant to Renoir on La Nuit du Carrefour (Night at the Crossroads), which marked the beginning of a long collaboration. After making medium-length films, he made his first feature, Dernier atout, in 1942. He then adapted Pierre Véry's novel with Goupi mains rouges (It Happened at the Inn), Grand Prix du cinéma français in 1943. He then made several romantic comedies including Antoine et Antoinette, Grand Prix in Cannes in 1947. In 1952, Jacques Becker made Casque d'or with Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani, then in 1954 Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands off the Loot) with Jeanne Moreau, Lino Ventura and Jean Gabin who won the Best Actor award in Venice. The same year, he made Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves), continuing in 1947 with Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin (The Adventures of Arsène Lupin) with Robert Lamoureux. He then made Montparnasse 19 (The Lovers of Montparnasse) with Gérard Philipe in the role of Modigliani. Jacques Becker died during the editing of his final feature, Le Trou, based on a true story.