By the Window
1948/01/22 • Released • French
Overview
Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.
Director : Gilles Grangier
Casts
Bourvil
Gaston 'Pilou'
Suzy Delair
Fernande / Yvette
Michèle Philippe
Renée Laforest
André Alerme
Alavoine
Paul Faivre
Laforest
Yvette Andréyor
Clémence
Madeleine Suffel
Concierge
Jacques Baumer
Miroud
Roland Armontel
Sabourdin
Charles Bouillaud
Joseph, concierge (uncredited)
Albert Broquin
Guest at the poster competition (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
Customer (uncredited)
Henri Niel
Duchamp (uncredited)
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Cousin of Béziers (uncredited)
Yvonne Yma
Cleaning lady (uncredited)
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