Clochemerle | |
Producer: | Armand Rubin |
Based On: | Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier |
Starring: | Félix Oudart Saturnin Fabre Jean Brochard |
Music: | Henri Sauguet |
Cinematography: | Robert Lefebvre |
Editing: | Monique Kirsanoff |
Studio: | Cinéma Production |
Distributor: | National Film Distribution |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Clochemerle is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Félix Oudart, Saturnin Fabre and Jean Brochard.[1] [2] It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.
In a small town in Beaujolais a dispute breaks out when the Radical Party mayor decides to build some new public urinals opposite the church. Conservative forces led by the local priest and a baroness attempt to thwart him.