Not So Stupid (1946 film)

Not So Stupid
Not So Stupid
Directed by	André Berthomieu
Written by	André Berthomieu; Paul Vandenberghe;
Produced by	Pierre Gérin; Robert Prévot;
Starring	Bourvil; Suzy Carrier; Bernard Lancret;
Cinematography	Pierre Franchi; Fred Langenfeld;
Edited by	Jeannette Berton
Music by	Étienne Lorin; Maurice Thiriet; Georges Van Parys;
Production; company	Les Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed by	Ciné Sélection
Release date	25 December 1946
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	6,165,419 admissions (France)

Not So Stupid (French: Pas si bête) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Bourvil, Suzy Carrier and Bernard Lancret.^[2] In 1928 Berthomieu had made a silent film of the same name. This was Bourvil's first film; originally a musician and singer, he went on to become one of the great comic actors of French cinema.

The film's art direction was by Raymond Nègre. It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris.

Plot summary[edit]

"Pas si bête" is a comedy about social differences and appearances. Léon Ménard (Bourvil), a farmer and an apparently simple man of the country, is invited to visit his uncle Henri Ménard (Albert Duvaleix), a prosperous industrialist. He encounters a number of people scheming to marry into the Ménard family for the sake of money. Ménard discovers and thwart the plots and manages to unite a young couple who truly are in love. The romantic comedy ends happily with a double marriage. Henri's daughter Nicole (Suzy Carrier) marries Didier (Bernard Lancret), and Ménard marries his new-found love Rosine (Jacqueline Beyrot). It turns out that Léon is "not so stupid" after all.

Cast[edit]

Bourvil as Lèon Ménard
Suzy Carrier as Nicole
Bernard Lancret as Didier
Yvette Andréyor as Mademoiselle
Mona Goya as Gaby
Albert Duvaleix as Henri
Charles Bouillaud as Joseph
Gaston Mauger as Le père de léon
Paul Faivre as Le notaire
Made Siamé as La mère ménard
Jacqueline Beyrot as Rosine
Frédéric Munié
Léon Daubrel
Jean Gabert
Yves Deniaud as Antony
Jacques Louvigny as De bellemont

References[edit]

^ "Bourvil Box Office". Box Office Story.
^ Pallister & Hottell p.232

Bibliography[edit]

Janis L. Pallister & Ruth A. Hottell. Francophone Women Film Directors: A Guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2005.

External links[edit]

Not So Stupid at IMDb

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[1] "Bourvil Box Office". Box Office Story.

[2] Pallister & Hottell p.232

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