The Baker's Wife (film)

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The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol. It is based on the novella Jean le Bleu by French author Jean Giono and became the basis of the American musical The Baker's Wife.

Cast

• Raimu as Aimable Castanier
• Ginette Leclerc as Aurélie Castanier
• Fernand Charpin as Le marquis Castan de Venelles
• Robert Vattier as Le Curé
• Charles Blavette as Antonin
• Robert Bassac as L'instituteur
• Marcel Maupi as Barnabé
• Alida Rouffe as Céleste
• Odette Roger as Miette
• Yvette Fournier as Hermine
• Maximilienne as Melle Angèle
• Charblay as Le boucher
• Julien Maffre as Pétugue
• Adrien Legros as Barthelemy
• Jean Castan as Esprit

Awards

• National Board of Review Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film

External links

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