Not So Stupid (1946 film)

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.

Not So Stupid
Directed byAndré Berthomieu
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Pierre Franchi
  • Fred Langenfeld
Edited byJeannette Berton
Music by
Production
company
Les Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
25 December 1946
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office6,165,419 admissions (France)[1]

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

Plot summary

"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

References
  1. "Bourvil Box Office". Box Office Story.
  2. Pallister & Hottell p.232

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


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