Matrimonial Agency (1952 film)

Matrimonial Agency
Directed by	Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Written by	Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann Pierre Lévy
Starring	Bernard Blier Louis de Funès Michèle Alfa
Cinematography	Marc Fossard
Edited by	Emma Le Chanois
Music by	Joseph Kosma
Production companies	Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français Silver Films
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	21 May 1952
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$7.7 million

Matrimonial Agency (French: Agence matrimoniale) is a 1952 French comedy drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, and starring Bernard Blier and Louis de Funès.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.

Plot

An average man inherits a marriage agency. He isn't prepared in any way to deal with this situation but step by step he lives up to the expectations.

Partial cast

• Bernard Blier as Noël Pailleret (the modest bank clerk)
• Louis de Funès as Monsieur Charles
• Michèle Alfa as Gilberte Jolivet
• Julien Carette as Jérôme
• Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jacques
• Yolande Laffon as Madame Pailleret (Noël's mother)
• Anne Campion as Viviane Galey
• Marcelle Praince as Madame Martin
• Pierre Mondy as The client

Bibliography

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Matrimonial Agency at IMDb
• Agence matrimoniale (1952) at the Films de France