The main attraction of this somewhat dated operetta is its wonderfully
eccentric cast, which includes the delightful Arletty – the future star
of Hôtel du nord (1938) and Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
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Les Perles de la couronne was the first of Sacha Guitry’s lavish episodic historical
dramas, made nearly two decades before his similar major works Napoléon
(1955) and Si
Versailles m’était... [More...]
This doom-laden, intensely atmospheric film epitomises the poetic realism of French cinema
of the late 1930s. Masters of the genre, Carné and Prévert create
a shadowy world where the harsh realities of an... [More...]
La Chaleur du sein is a good example of the kind of comic farce which earned Jean
Boyer his reputation as a successful and popular film director of the 1930s and 1940s... [More...]
Fric-frac is a direct adaptation of a popular stage play by Édouard Bourdet
and Fernand Trignol, which starred Michel Simon and Vector Boucher... [More...]
Le Jour se lève is another doom-laden tale which sprang from the combined
genius of director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir is one of a series of undisputed masterpieces which came
out of the fruitful collaboration between director Marcel Carné and screenwriter
Jacques Prévert... [More...]
Often rated as the greatest film ever made, and certainly a major triumph of French cinema,
Les Enfants du paradis offers us a timeless tale of unrequited love... [More...]
Whilst not in the league of Marcel Carné’s pre-WWII classics, L’Air de Paris
is a pleasing example of the director’s art, a light melodrama on the folly of young
love set in that eternal city... [More...]
This highly entertaining sentimental comedy provides a veritable conflux for some of the
finest talent in French cinema, which includes Bourvil, Arletty... [More...]
This engaging comedy appears to have been tailor-made for Fernandel, allowing the popular
comic actor to turn in one of his most sympathetic and convincing performances... [More...]
