Box of Dreams (1945)
- Original title
- La Boîte aux rêves
- Directed by
- Jean Choux, Yves Allégret
- Genre
- comedy film, comedy drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A comedy drama set in post-war France, it follows characters whose lives intersect around a box of shared dreams. The story explores how ordinary people find humor and hope during difficult times.
lightheartedwhimsicalbittersweetnostalgicold-fashionedwryhopeful
What happens
Box of Dreams (French: La boîte aux rêves) is a 1945 French comedy drama film directed by Yves Allégret and Jean Choux and starring Viviane Romance, Henri Guisol and Frank Villard. Simone Signoret had a minor role in the film; she would later marry Allégret and collaborate with him on several films that contributed to her rise to stardom. Filming originally began in 1943 during the Italian occupation of France but the film was not released until the end of the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Georges Wakhévitch. It was shot at the Cimex-controlled Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios on the outskirts of Nice. The film had 2,792 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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