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By the Window

1948 1 hour 25 minutes
57/100

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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.

Released

22nd January 1948

78 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 25 minutes

Finishes at 3:20pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    5.5/10

  • TMDb Logo

    55%

  • Trakt Logo

    60%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    57%

Directed by

Gilles Grangier

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Written by

Georges Neveux, Arthur Harfaux, Maurice Henry

Image of Georges NeveuxNo image available for Arthur HarfauxNo image available for Maurice Henry

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