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Subgenre Sampler
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens Leende) (1955)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson… - An enjoyable, ultimately serious comedy of deception set among the Swedish gentry of the early 20th century who are engaged in a poetic dance of…
Dov'e La Liberta...? (Where Is Freedom?) (1954)- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Toto, Vera Molnar, Nita Dover - Legendary Italian comic Toto plays a barber who cannot abide the hypocritical society he is thrust into after spending two decades in prison, and…
Peek-a-Boo (Ah! Les belles bacchantes) (1954)- Dir. Jean Loubignac
Feat. Louis de Funès, Robert Dhéry - Peppy parody of musical revues, with Louis de Funès's small–town copper finding himself inadvertently cast in an all–singing,…
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot) (1953)- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud - Jacques Tati fine–tunes the virtues of JOUR DE FETE to create his most eponymous character. The first of four Hulot features follows the…
Flavour Of Green Tea Over Rice, The (Ochazuke no aji) (1952)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Kōji Tsuruta - Dir. Ozu once again explores the subtleties of Japanese family life, this time drawing our attention to the struggles of those in arranged marriages…
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…
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…
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…
Jacques Tati Boxset (Jour De Fete, Mon Oncle, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Playtime, Trafic, Parade) (1948-1967)- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati - A newly remastered collection of films from the legendary French comedian. Includes Tati's six features, seven rare shorts, and the 2009 documentary…
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