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Subgenre Sampler
Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) (1952)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Laurence Badie - After her parents are killed in an air raid during WWII, a small girl makes friends with a peasant boy, and the pair gradually come to terms with the…
French Comedy Greats: Louis De Funès ( Monsieur Leguignon, Lampistel; Peek-a-Boo; The Bouncing Beauty; The Big Vacation.) (1952-1968)- Feat. Louis de Funès
- Four films starring legendary French funnyman Louis de Funès.
Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or) (1952)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli - Dir. Renoir's classic comedy focuses on a group of commedia dell'arte actors in the eighteenth Century and the much–desired central figure of…
Ikiru (1952)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka - A patient meditation on life and death about a sullen yet dutiful office clerk of 30 years whose terminal illness compels him to rediscover his…
Le Plaisir (House Of Pleasure) (1952)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon… - Three tales by Guy de Maupassant go into this visually elegant treatise on the changing moods of love, youth and memory. The most successful…
Manina la Fille Sans Voile (The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter; The Girl in the Bikini) (1952)- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Brigitte Bardot - An obscure, almost forgettable French frolic, save for the eye–catching debut of one Brigitte Bardot. Here, the future sex symbol plays a…
Monsieur Leguignon, lampistel (1952)- Dir. Maurice Labro
Feat. Yves Deniaud, Louis de Funès - Spirited and screwball–esque, this 'workers' comedy concerns a down–on–his–luck railway labourer who discovers treasure…
Summer with Monika (1952)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson - Early Bergman turns his lens on a pair of working class, teenage lovers. At first this rebellious holiday boat ride comes across as dreamy escapism…
Waiting Women (1952)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Anita Bjork, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson… - A group of women discuss their relationships while waiting for their husbands (all of whom are brothers) at a summer villa, and each of their…
White Sheik, The (Sceicco bianco, Lo) (1952)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina - Fellini’s against–the–grain feature debut coaxes the marital problems of a newlywed couple into a light, playful comedy that wasn’t…
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