Post by missfiver on Nov 27, 2011 19:02:40 GMT -5
So it's been driving me crazy to know the story of the film so I researched and looked everywhere to find the plot with no avail. but then I realized Wikipedia usually has someone posting the plot of a film on the homepage... Nothing! Then I had an idea, I searched for the film under the French setting and behold!, the plot was there! So I translated it and so here you go... The whole film in summary, do not read if you do not want to know the plot... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
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The story is set in Paris during the flood of the Seine in 1910. Emile, a shy projectionist of cinema, a passion for filming and is in love with his collaborator, Maud, to whom he dare not confess his feelings. Emile's friend Raoul, a driver and inventor exuberant, which moves in a jalopy encased in improbable and crafts called Catherine. Raoul's childhood friend Lucille, a cabaret singer who happens to "a rare bird." Lucille is successful and his aunt is doing everything to push it into the arms of the Chief of Police Maynott, rich and powerful man, but devoured by pride and ambition. One evening, Raoul, accompanied by Emile will make a delivery in the greenhouse at the Jardin des Plantes. In the absence of the teacher who works there, the place is guarded by his assistant, a monkey named Charles. Appreciate the opportunity to browse through the laboratory of Professor Raoul triggers strange incidents: a mixture gives Charles a voice of opera singer, an unstable fertilizer grows in the blink of an eye a giant sunflower under the camera to Emile. But suddenly an explosion occurred. Everyone comes out unscathed, but Emile is convinced he has glimpsed a monstrous creature. A few days later reading success stories terrified reported by newspapers, including two friends with horror that the creature exists, and they are responsible for its appearance. The prefect Maynott says the police investigation into Pate, but deliberately maintains the fear among the public to put themselves forward as a providential man and win the next elections. At the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to seduce Lucille. Lucille, meanwhile, sought unsuccessfully a new musician to assist him. One night, she refused the candidacy of Albert, which is server "rare bird". Albert, exiting through the back door, sees the monster and tries to flee back inside the tavern, then fled terrified.
Lucille, by opening the door, sees the monster hidden by a coat and hat left by a passing horrified. Seeing his true appearance, Lucille was initially a reaction of horror, then she hears the monster sing and realize not only that it is not dangerous but it has an extraordinary voice. It welcomes in his dressing room while the monster, and baptize Francoeur, the name of the street where she was found. Francoeur is nothing but a chip that the fertilizer unstable laboratory has grow to a human scale. The "monster" is found by chance on stage at the Lucille number, but it reveals a singer and an extraordinary musician and the duo won a resounding success.
Unfortunately, a few days later, the dough rises police light on the origins of the monster. Emile and Raoul are arrested and brought before the prefect, but this, their monstrous creation which has served the interests, decided to reward and awarded the Legion of Honor. Raoul may invite to the "rare bird" Lucille had promised him a challenge to reserve the best table on the day he would receive the Legion of Honor. Lucille is Emile and Raoul in the secret of the true identity of Francoeur. But the prefect, told by Pate, just search the tavern in search of the monster. Francoeur and Raoul Emile narrowly escapes. A few days later, the prefect Maynott Opens Montmartre Funicular, which should serve the Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
. The three friends, along with the monkey Charles, decided to take this opportunity to stage the death of the monster skipping through a trap door. But the prefect Maynott discovers the deception and goes into his head to kill the monster itself. A frantic chase committed to Montmartre, and in the streets of Paris and the Seine in flood. She leads the opponents on foot, by cable car, then by car and airship to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Meanwhile, Maud, who Emile had finally had the courage to make an appointment, also went there. After many twists and turns, the prefect of megalomania gone mad and angry, was arrested by the police officer Pate, incorporates more than him. Emile and Maud fall into the arms of one another. But during the confrontation, the effects of the mixture of Professor dissipated gradually, and Francoeur, resuming its original size, disappears.
The evening "a rare bird," Lucille is inconsolable after the death of Francoeur. Raoul convinces her to sing anyway, so it hard to sing her song, she heard a voice humming in his ear: Francoeur is hidden in her hair, still singing. Some time later, the Botanical Gardens teacher returns from trip, and when the three friends he explain the situation, it redials the mixture can give back to a human scale Francoeur: Francoeur can continue to sing with Lucille. Soon after, Raoul and Lucille confess their mutual feelings.
Lucille, by opening the door, sees the monster hidden by a coat and hat left by a passing horrified. Seeing his true appearance, Lucille was initially a reaction of horror, then she hears the monster sing and realize not only that it is not dangerous but it has an extraordinary voice. It welcomes in his dressing room while the monster, and baptize Francoeur, the name of the street where she was found. Francoeur is nothing but a chip that the fertilizer unstable laboratory has grow to a human scale. The "monster" is found by chance on stage at the Lucille number, but it reveals a singer and an extraordinary musician and the duo won a resounding success.
Unfortunately, a few days later, the dough rises police light on the origins of the monster. Emile and Raoul are arrested and brought before the prefect, but this, their monstrous creation which has served the interests, decided to reward and awarded the Legion of Honor. Raoul may invite to the "rare bird" Lucille had promised him a challenge to reserve the best table on the day he would receive the Legion of Honor. Lucille is Emile and Raoul in the secret of the true identity of Francoeur. But the prefect, told by Pate, just search the tavern in search of the monster. Francoeur and Raoul Emile narrowly escapes. A few days later, the prefect Maynott Opens Montmartre Funicular, which should serve the Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
. The three friends, along with the monkey Charles, decided to take this opportunity to stage the death of the monster skipping through a trap door. But the prefect Maynott discovers the deception and goes into his head to kill the monster itself. A frantic chase committed to Montmartre, and in the streets of Paris and the Seine in flood. She leads the opponents on foot, by cable car, then by car and airship to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Meanwhile, Maud, who Emile had finally had the courage to make an appointment, also went there. After many twists and turns, the prefect of megalomania gone mad and angry, was arrested by the police officer Pate, incorporates more than him. Emile and Maud fall into the arms of one another. But during the confrontation, the effects of the mixture of Professor dissipated gradually, and Francoeur, resuming its original size, disappears.
The evening "a rare bird," Lucille is inconsolable after the death of Francoeur. Raoul convinces her to sing anyway, so it hard to sing her song, she heard a voice humming in his ear: Francoeur is hidden in her hair, still singing. Some time later, the Botanical Gardens teacher returns from trip, and when the three friends he explain the situation, it redials the mixture can give back to a human scale Francoeur: Francoeur can continue to sing with Lucille. Soon after, Raoul and Lucille confess their mutual feelings.
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