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La Belle Meunière (1948)

La Belle Meunière poster
Directed by
Marcel Pagnol
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
U
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A handsome miller arrives in a village and catches the eye of a local woman. The film is a musical comedy with songs and flirtations.

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What happens

The Pretty Miller Girl (French: La Belle Meunière) is a 1949 French musical film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Pagnol and Raoul Marco. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. The title is a reference to Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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