Box of Dreams (film)

Box of Dreams (French: La boîte aux rêves) is a 1945 French comedy drama film directed by Yves Allégret and Jean Choux and starring Viviane Romance, Henri Guisol and Frank Villard. Simone Signoret had a small role in the film but would go on to marry Allégret and make several films with him which would contribute to her rise to stardom.

Filming originally began in 1943 during the Italian occupation of France but was not released until after the end of the Second World War. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Auguste Capelier and Georges Wakhévitch. It was shot at the Cimex-controlled Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios on the outskirts of Nice. The film had admissions of 2,792 in France.

Cast

 * Viviane Romance as Nicole Payen-Laurel
 * Henri Guisol as Pierre Forestier
 * Frank Villard as Jean
 * René Lefèvre as Marc
 * Pierre Palau as Payen-Laurel
 * Roland Armontel as Amédée
 * Gisèle Alcée as Gisèle - la nouvelle bonne des quatre bohèmes
 * Henri Bry as Pépito
 * Mathilde Casadesus as L'Agitée
 * Léonce Corne as Le parent
 * Pierre-Louis as Alain
 * Marguerite Pierry as Tante Lucie
 * Robert Pizani as Oncle André
 * Gaston Orbal as M. Lafont
 * Simone Signoret as Une femme
 * Gérard Philipe as Un homme