Papa, les petits bateaux (1971) Directed by Nelly Kaplan
Drama
aka: Papa the Little Boats
Film Synopsis
Marc and his gang of inexperienced hoodlums think they have struck gold when
they succeed in kidnapping the 21-year-old heiress Vénus de
Palma. But Vénus is cleverer than they are and uses her
beauty to seduce them, one by one. Her plan is that her
kidnappers will kill one another so that she can pocket the ransom
money...
Script: René Guyonnet,
Nelly Kaplan,
Claude Makovski,
Jean Laborde (novel)
Cinematographer: Ricardo Aronovich
Music: André Popp
Cast: Sheila White (Vénus 'Cookie' de Palma),
Michel Bouquet (Marc),
Judith Magre (Marylène),
Michael Lonsdale (Hippolyte),
André Valardy (Luc),
Pierre Mondy (Jeannot, 'le corse'),
Jean Parédès (Commissaire Duvalier),
Sydney Chaplin (Spiro de Palma),
Bernard Musson (Matéo Falcone),
Catherine Allégret (Dany),
Marcel Dalio (Boudu, le clochard),
Nelly Kaplan (La dame au petit chien),
Régine Deforges (La jolie fille),
Jean-Jacques Pauvert (Le voyeur),
Jean-Claude Massoulier (Le reporter),
Claude Makovski (Un agent de police),
René Guyonnet (Un agent de police)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min
Aka:Papa the Little Boats
The very best of the French New Wave
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.