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The Country I Come From (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le pays d'où je viens
director: Marcel Carné actor: Gilbert Bécaud / Françoise Arnoul …
other title: Zum Glück gibt es ihn doch / Le pays d'où je viens …
One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any romantic overtures. Eric decides to give the course of true love a helping hand by pretending to be Julien. Meanwhile, Eric’s fabulously wealthy uncle has sent his minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.
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The Law Is the Law (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La loi c'est la loi
director: Christian-Jaque actor: Totò / Fernandel …
other title: Gesetz ist Gesetz / La loi c'est la loi …
Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.