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Heartbeat is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Marcel Pagnol with Fernandel
Heartbeat (1938)
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Add to a movie listHeartbeat (French:Le schpountz) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis and Fernand Charpin. It was remade in 1999 as Le schpountz.
A bored young shop worker is mesmerised when he sees a film crew working nearby. Being naïve he is encouraged by them to believe he is a born actor who can become a brilliant star, and he heads for Paris.
Synopsis
Irénée Fabre, hébergé (depuis la mort de ses parents) avec son frère chez sa tante et son oncle qui tiennent une petite épicerie dans le sud de la France, rêve d'être une vedette du grand écran.Actors
Fernandel
(Irénée Fabre)
Fernand Charpin
(Oncle Baptiste Fabre)
Orane Demazis
(Françoise)
Léon Belières
(Meyerboom)
Robert Vattier
(Astruc)
Marcel Pagnol
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