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The Country I Come From
FRANCE · 1956

The Country I Come From

Marcel Carné
doppelgänger romantic intervention mistaken identity small-town life Christmas setting
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Synopsis

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 mini

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