Sylvie et le fantôme
Sylvie's father sells her grandmother's lover's painting for cash. The ghost appears on Sylvie's 16th birthday. Two suitors dress as the ghost to impress her. The real ghost helps resolve the love triangle.
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"The film tells the story of a young girl that has fallen in love with a man in a painting. This man however is no longer alive but is still wandering around as a ghost (a charming role for Jacques Tati). Therefore two suitors think they could conquer her by pretending to be that ghost. This film is an elegant, delicious escapist movie. But what do you expect when the costumes are designed by none other than Christian Dior and the film is photographed by Philipe Agostini (DoP of a.o. 'Day Break' and the early Bresson films). That fact that the film was shot while World War II was sti..."
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The special effect used for when the ghost appears was achieved by using two identical sets and a pane of glass angled in between them. This technique is called "Pepper's ghost," named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper (1821-1900) who popularized the effect with a demonstration at a theater in 1862. Teleprompters are a modern use of this technology.
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Sylvie's father sells her grandmother's lover's painting for cash. The ghost appears on Sylvie's 16th birthday. Two suitors dress as the ghost to impress her. The real ghost helps resolve the love triangle.