Twelve Hours of Happiness

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Twelve Hours of Happiness (French: Douze heures de bonheur) is a 1952 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Dany Robin, Georges Marchal and Jean Tissier.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It is also known by the alternative title Jupiter.

Twelve Hours of Happiness
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byJean-Paul Le Chanois
René Wheeler
Based onTwelve Hours of Happiness by Robert Boissy
Produced byRaoul Ploquin
StarringDany Robin
Georges Marchal
Jean Tissier
CinematographyMarc Fossard
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Production
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Les Films Raoul Ploquin
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 27 August 1952 (1952-08-27)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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The daughter of a provincial pharmacist is due to marry her distant cousin Gilbert in an arranged marriage. However, she meets a stranger in the forest who has escaped from an asylum and who she dubs "Jupiter". He pretends to be her cousin and makes a good impression on the pharmacist. However complications ensue when the real cousin arrives.

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.99
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.187

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951–1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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