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In November 1921, René Jeanne announced in the magazine Le film that as the filming of La nuit de la St Jean was barely finished, Saidreau "set up a new film Le coup de foudre" planned to take place in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and in Biarritz , with Jacques de Féraudy ("the remarkable performer of La paix chez soi") as the only professional actor. This means that this would be the third and last time the director and the actor collaborated.
This bias and the fact of taking advantage of the exteriors chosen for "St Jean" suggests that it is perhaps a short film project to make the trip profitable. I have not found any effective proof of its release, but information for short films is even more difficult to find than for features of the time.
In any case, Le petit journal on November 18, 1921 corroborates the story and adds that "The screening of this film (...) will not fail to arouse a certain curiosity in the establishments of the Champs-Élysées district."
In fact, on October 14, 1921, Cinéa announced: "Robert Saidreau is going to shoot a series of comedies." Maybe it's related.
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