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The Country I Come From

The Country I Come From

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 19, 1956

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Fantasy, Comedy

User Score

60%

Original Title

Le pays d'où je viens

Director

Marcel Carné

Description

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 minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.