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Tag Archives: Luc Moullet
The Smugglers AKA Les Contrebandières (1968) Luc Moullet, Françoise Vatel, Monique Thiriet, Johnny Monteilhet
Two young women leave the claustrophobic existence of the big city behind and move to a small border town. Read More »
Origins of a Meal AKA Genèse d’un repas (1979) Luc Moullet
Bananas, eggs, and tuna: three basic foodstuffs with three wildly different points of origin. Read More »
Les sièges de l’Alcazar (1989) Luc Moullet, Olivier Maltinti, Elizabeth Moreau, Sabine Haudepin
Paris, 1955. Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma, often goes to see the films of Vittorio Cottafavi in a local cinema. Read More »
A Girl Is a Gun AKA Une aventure de Billy le Kid (1971) Luc Moullet, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Rachel Kesterber, Jean Valmont
Despite most Cahiers du cinéma critics admired many western authors, when they themselves became filmmakers few dared to overtly revisit that genre. Read More »
Up and Down AKA Parpaillon (1993) Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Clément Boutterin, Brigitte Canaan
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. Read More »
Shipwrecked on Route D 17 AKA Les naufragés de la D17 (2002) Luc Moullet, Patrick Bouchitey, Iliana Lolitch, Sabine Haudepin
During the Gulf War, the paths of several groups of characters cross in France’s most desert-like region. Read More »
Brigitte and Brigitte (1966) Luc Moullet, Colette Descombes, Françoise Vatel, Claude Melki
A twenty minute documentary about the two smallest French villages. Read More »