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Frou-Frou

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Frou-Frou
Directed byAugusto Genina
Written by
Based onFrou-Frou
by Jacques Laurent
Produced byGamma Film (France)
Starring
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byAugusto Genina
Music byLouiguy
Distributed byGamma Film
Release date
  • 19 July 1955 (1955-07-19) (France)
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Italy
LanguageItalian
Box office$17.3 million[1]

Frou-Frou, is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina, written by A. E. Carr, starring Dany Robin and Louis de Funès. The film is also known as "A Girl from Paris".[2]

Plot

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Frou-Frou is a 16-year-old peddler. She comes to the attention of four gentlemen who, Pygmalion-like, agree on helping her to improve her situation. They teach her to behave like a lady and introduce her to the upper class. But she falls in love with an unsuccessful artist who commits suicide after he has befathered her with a daughter...

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Frou-Frou (1955)". JPBox-Office (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  2. ^ "A Girl from Paris". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
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