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The Ménard Collection

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The Ménard Collection
Directed byBernard Roland
Written byJacques Viot
Produced byLéo Joannon
StarringLucien Baroux
Suzy Prim
Suzanne Dehelly
CinematographyNikolai Toporkoff
Edited byCharlotte Guilbert
Music byTony Aubin
Production
company
Maítrise Artisanale de l'Industrie Cinematographique
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 12 April 1944 (1944-04-12)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Ménard Collection (French: La collection Ménard) is a 1944 French comedy film directed by Bernard Roland and starring Lucien Baroux, Suzy Prim and Suzanne Dehelly.[1] [2] It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil.

Synopsis

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Renée a young woman from Indochina arrives in Paris in search of her father who she has never met and knows only by his surname Ménard. Using the phone book she attempts to hunt him down, meeting a whole collection of Ménards with varying professions and personalities none of whom prove to be her father.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.88
  2. ^ Bertin-Maghit p.183

Bibliography

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  • Bertin-Maghit, Jean Pierre. Le cinéma français sous Vichy: les films français de 1940 à 1944. Revue du Cinéma Albatros, 1980.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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