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69% Critic Match
Sylvia and the Ghost
6.9 / 10• 1946• 1h 37m•NR• French
FantasyRomanceComedy
Storyline
A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.
Cast & Crew
Odette Joyeux
Sylvie
Lead
François Périer
Ramure, thief
Jean Desailly
Frederick
Jacques Tati
Ghost of Alain de Francigny
Pierre Larquey
Baron Edouard
Julien Carette
Hector, butler
Paul Demange
Counsellor
Marguerite Cassan
Marthe
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Autant-Lara's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sylvia and the Ghost is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
