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Two Timid Souls (1943)

Two Timid Souls poster
Original title
Les Deux Timides
Directed by
Yves Allégret, Marcel Achard, Marc Allégret
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two shy people try to overcome their timidity in romantic situations. This French film from the 1940s is based on a 19th century play about awkward courtship.

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What happens

Two Timid Souls (French: Les deux timides) is a 1943 French historical comedy film directed by Yves Allégret, Marcel Achard and Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Brasseur, Jacqueline Laurent and Claude Dauphin. It was based on the 1860 play by Eugène Labiche which had previously been turned into a 1928 silent film version by René Clair. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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