By the Window

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Arthur Harfaux, Georges Neveux, Maurice Henry

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

22 January 1948

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Bourvil

  Gaston 'Pilou'

• 

  Suzy Delair

  Fernande / Yvette

• 

  Michèle Philippe

  Renée Laforest

• 

  Mona Dol

  Blanche Duroussy

• France Ellys

  Mrs. Laforest, Renée's mother

• 

  André Alerme

  Alavoine

• René Dupuy

  Albert Roussel

• Jean Barrère

  Paul

• 

  Paul Faivre

  Laforest

• Frédéric Munié

• 

  Yvette Andréyor

  Clémence

• 

  Madeleine Suffel

  Concierge