Antoine & Antoinette
Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket out of poverty, their dreams seem like they'll remain just that.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Released
- 1947
- Country
- France
Details
Release year: 1947
Storyline
Working class couple Antoine and Antoinette dream of a better life. In the midst of constantly fending off the unwanted attention of men, especially the grocer Monsieur Roland, Antoinette purchases a winning lottery ticket. But when Antoine loses their ticket out of poverty, their dreams seem like they'll remain just that.
Top credits
Roger Pigaut â Antoine Moulin
Claire MaffĂ©i â Antoinette Moulin
NoĂ«l Roquevert â M. Roland
Gaston Modot â Le caissier de la loterie nationale
Did you know
⹠When Jacques Becker won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, he was not very famous. At the beginning of the festival, a lot of photographers took pictures of André Lafargue, a critic, thinking he was Becker. When Becker won the award, many newspapers used those mistaken pictures.
âą Paris's The Gaumont Palace, in 1947, showed a special screening of this work that gave free admission to anyone who has either of the titles name.
âą Debut of actresses Brigitte Auber and Nicole Courcel.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $9,704
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $4,147 (2013-09-29)
User reviews
The ticket chase
hats off to Becker's adroit story-telling felicity and his profound compassion towards the have-nots
A nice view on post-WWII Paris
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
