By the Window

By the Window (1948)

Comedy

Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.

Director: Gilles Grangier

Casts

	Bourvil as Gaston 'Pilou'
	Suzy Delair as Fernande / Yvette
	Michèle Philippe as Renée Laforest
	Mona Dol as Blanche Duroussy
	France Ellys as Mrs. Laforest, Renée's mother
	André Alerme as Alavoine
	René Dupuy as Albert Roussel
	Jean Barrère as Paul
	Paul Faivre as Laforest
	Frédéric Munié as
	Yvette Andréyor as Clémence
	Madeleine Suffel as Concierge
	Jacques Baumer as Miroud
	Roland Armontel as Sabourdin
	Jean Berton as Agent (uncredited)
	Charles Bouillaud as Joseph, concierge (uncredited)
	Albert Broquin as Guest at the poster competition (uncredited)
	Gaby Bruyère as (uncredited)
	Palmyre Levasseur as Customer (uncredited)
	Colette Mareuil as Workshop saleswoman (uncredited)
	Janine Miller as (uncredited)
	Henri Niel as Duchamp (uncredited)
	Jean-Marc Tennberg as Cousin of Béziers (uncredited)
	Yvonne Yma as Cleaning lady (uncredited)

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