Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray (1962)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Serge Bourguignon

Writers:

Serge Bourguignon (scenario) and
Antoine Tudal (scenario) ...

Release Date:

23 November 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After killing a child on a routine bombing mission in Vietnam, Pierre suffers from delayed stress and partial amnesia...

Plot Keywords:

Amnesia | Girl Man Relationship | Innocence | Betrayal | Waif

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Hardy Krüger	...	Pierre
Nicole Courcel	...	Madeleine
Patricia Gozzi	...	Françoise / Cybèle
Daniel Ivernel	...	Carlos
André Oumansky	...	Bernard
Anne-Marie Coffinet	...	Françoise II
René Clermont	...	Le facteur
Malka Ribowska	...	La voyante (as Malka Ribovska)
Michel de Ré	...	Fiacre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
France Anglade	...	Lulu
Florence Blot
Serge Bourguignon	...	Le cavalier
Alain Bouvette	...	L'employé de gare
Renée Duchateau	...	L'épicière
Gilbert Edard	...	Le père
Martine Ferrière	...	Une mère
Maurice Garrel	...	Le policier
Albert Hugues	...	Le patron du café
Lisette Lebon	...	Monique
Jocelyne Loiseau	...	Soeur Marie des Anges
Denise Péron	...	Soeur Opportune
Jacques Robiolles	...	Un forain
Bibiane Stern	...	Carmela
Antoine Tudal	...	Le peintre

Also Known As:

Cybèle ou les dimanches de ville d'Avray
Cybele
Sundays and Cybele

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Fidès

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Antiche arie e danze per liuto

Standing Alone

When "Les Dimanches de ville d'Avray" first debuted in Manhattan, New York Times Critic Bosley Crowther hailed it as a genuine masterpiece.

New Yorkers flocked to see it, and agreed. Serge Bourguignon in only his third film work was predicted to become a major film director. Who could have predicted he would make only three more movies?

Lead actor Hardy Kruger went on to a prolific career, but talented eleven year old Patricia Gozzi retired after only a few more films.

So this film has become somewhat of an oddity: a brilliantly directed, photographed and acted drama, that has the look and feel of a timeless treasure. Yet, it stands alone without past or future--a fabulous work with nowhere to place it.

Unfortunately today, existing video prints are of poor quality; besides, it demands a big screen and pristine print to do it justice. Thus the film has virtually become a lost gem, pleading for restoration and re-release.