Onésime et l'étudiante
About Onésime et l'étudiante
Sophie, Onésime's fiancée and a student at the clinic, invites him in while Professor Cloche is out. Cloche comes back early with his assistants, all of them laughing. Onésime hides under the sheet of a bed. They find him, pull his teeth, and operate, taking out his heart and his stomach. While he is recovering, Sophie writes that she would rather forget him: he has no heart, and he lacks stomach.
Cast & crew
More about Onésime et l'étudiante
Jean Durand directed. Paul Castanet was the operator. Comptoir Ciné-Location handled the release. The negative is 186 meters. An alternate title is Onésime et le chirurgien. A DVD transfer runs 8 minutes.
Themes
Making
The short is a hospital farce played as a series of removals. Durand has the assistants enjoy the work. The letter from Sophie turns the organs into a pun.
Look
Paul Castanet photographed the clinic scenes.
Preservation
A DVD transfer of the 186-meter negative runs 8 minutes.
Notes
- Édouard Grisollet plays Professor Cloche.
- Gaston Modot and Jacques Beauvais play the laughing surgical assistants. Léon Pollos is another assistant.
- Sophie, the student, is not identified with a player's name on the French cast list.
- Ernest Bourbon plays Onésime.
Scenes
- Onésime hides under a clinic sheet and is hauled out for a tooth-pulling.
- The surgeons remove his heart and stomach, and Sophie's letter says that is exactly why she is done with him.
