By the Window
Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.
Directed by Gilles Grangier · Written by Maurice Henry
Cast
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Bourvil Gaston 'Pilou' -
Suzy Delair Fernande / Yvette -
Michèle Philippe Renée Laforest -
Mona Dol Blanche Duroussy - France Ellys Mrs. Laforest, Renée's mother
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André Alerme Alavoine - René Dupuy Albert Roussel
- Jean Barrère Paul
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Paul Faivre Laforest - Frédéric Munié
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Yvette Andréyor Clémence - Madeleine Suffel Concierge
Make it a double feature
2h 51m together
By the Window
125 rue Montmartre
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