The Fan (1947)
Original title: L'Éventail
Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.
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Dany RobinMartine
Claude DauphinJacques Brévannes
Lucien BarouxBaron Saint-Yves
Marguerite MorenoMadame de Stakelberg
Henri VidalPierreJacqueline CadetMadeleine Catinat
Robert PizaniConsul Alvaro Gomez
Pierre DudanHigh mountain guideFritzi ScheffLaure AlexBoarderRose Avril(voice)Nita Berger(voice)Movie DNA
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What is The Fan about?
Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.
How long is The Fan?
The Fan has a runtime of 105 minutes.