Amédée (film)

Amédée is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Rellys, Annette Poivre and Robert Arnoux.^[1][2] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Amédée
Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Robert Beauvais Gilles Grangier
Produced by	Jean Darvey
Starring	Rellys Annette Poivre Robert Arnoux
Cinematography	Maurice Pecqueux
Edited by	Andrée Danis
Music by	Jean Marion
Production company	Les Films Carnot
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	15 February 1950 (1950-02-15)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Synopsis

Amédée, the sales director of a beauty salon, is given a serum which him compels him to blurt out the unvarnished truth for the next two days. He makes a string of revelations to customers, his wife and the tax authorities.

Cast

• Rellys as Amédée
• Annette Poivre as Amélie
• Robert Arnoux as Mareuil
• Julien Carette as Ange-Louis
• Jeannette Batti as Jacqueline
• Christine Hayrel as Monique Castapoul
• François Joux as Le docteur
• Marcel Pérès as Castapoul
• André Bervil as Georges
• Georges Tourreil as Un inspecteur
• Charles Lemontier as M. Legros
• Marcel Delaître as Un inspecteur
• Paul Azaïs as Le photographe
• Gaston Gabaroche as Le médecin légiste
• Jean Clarieux as Étienne
• René Worms as Un ami
• Madeleine Gérôme as Une vendeuse
• Pauline Carton as Tante Eugénie

References

1. Rège p.462
2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/4620/amedee

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Amédée at IMDb