L'affaire est dans le sac
L'affaire est dans le sac (English: It's in the Bag) is a 1932 French comedy film.
The plot involves a kidnapping. A hatter, Benjamin Déboisé, with an accomplice, undertakes to kidnap the son of Hollister, a millionaire, abducting him in a bag. However, they mistakenly kidnap Hollister himself instead. Hollister, bored with life, is actually delighted to be involved in the adventure, while Hollister's daughter and a second accomplice fall in love, and Déboisé eventually disappears with the ransom.[1][2]
The screenplay was written by the poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert, early in his screenwriting career, based on a script by Akos Rathony. The director was Jacques Prévert's brother, Pierre Prévert, directing his first film.[3] Étienne Decroux played the kidnapper Benjamin Déboisé. Other actors included a young Jean-Paul Le Chanois (billed as Jean-Paul Dreyfus), Julien Carette, Philippe Richard, Anthony Gildès, and Jacques Brunius. Future screenwriter Louis Chavance appears as a passer-by.[4][5][1]
The film was produced by Pathé Distribution and was shot in eight days on a limited budget at the Pathé-Natan studios in Joinville-le-Pont. It premiered in France on November 25, 1932 and was not a success, although it went on to become something of a cult film.[3][1]
At the time the film was made, Jaques Prévert had just formed October Group, a left wing agitprop troupe, and many of the film's technicians and some of the actors became involved with that group.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "L'Affaire est dans le sac" [It's in the Bag]. UniFrance. Retrieved May 15, 2017. (in French)
- ↑ "L'affaire est dans le sac" [It's in the Bag]. Comme au Cinéma. Retrieved May 15, 2017. (in French)
- 1 2 3 "L'affaire est dans le sac de Pierre Prévert (1932)" [Pierre Prévert's "It's in the Bag" (1932)]. La Belle Equipe. Retrieved May 15, 2017. (in French)
- ↑ "L'Affaire est dans le sac" [It's in the Bag]. AlloCine. Retrieved May 15, 2017. (in French)
- ↑ "L'affaire est dans le sac" [It's in the Bag]. Télérama. Retrieved May 15, 2017. (in French)