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La Pointe Courte

Original title: La Pointe-Courte
  • 1955
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
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7.1/10
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Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret in La Pointe Courte (1955)
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Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.

  • Director
    • Agnès Varda
  • Writer
    • Agnès Varda
  • Stars
    • Philippe Noiret
    • Silvia Monfort
    • Marcel Jouet
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
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    • Director
      • Agnès Varda
    • Writer
      • Agnès Varda
    • Stars
      • Philippe Noiret
      • Silvia Monfort
      • Marcel Jouet
    • 16User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    Philippe Noiret
    Philippe Noiret
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    Silvia Monfort
    Silvia Monfort
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    Marcel Jouet
    Marcel Jouet
    • Raphäel Scotto
    Albert Lubrano
    • Albert Soldino
    Anna Banegas
    • Anna Soldino
    André Lubrano
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      • Agnès Varda
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      • Agnès Varda
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    • Trivia
      This film is considered by many critics as the starting point of the French New Wave film movement.
    • Goofs
      The entire movie has been shot without sound and dubbed later, and it shows. At several points in the movie, the dialogue does not match the lip movements at all. For instance, early in the movie, when Jules' wife tells the other woman that it was Jules who scared the inspectors.
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      Featured in Great Directors (2009)

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    7/10
    Varda, the filmmaker certainly made an indelible mark with this distinct juvenilia
    "The first tributary of its narrative bifurcation is an ethnological essay exploring the daily hurdles and weekend divertissements of the local folks, their livelihood (contending with policemen for fishing in an illegal lagoon nearby), their grief (mortality is high among a philoprogenitive household), their earthly concerns (a 16-year-old girl seeks the approval of her father for courtship), and their unalloyed joy (a jubilant aquatic jousting competition and its attendant festa are faithfully recorded with both intimacy and grandeur), all are enlivened through Varda's unobtrusive regard and well-posited lens."

    read my full review on my blog: cinema omnivore, thanks
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 4, 1956 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • La Pointe-Courte
    • Filming locations
      • Sète, Hérault, France
    • Production company
      • Ciné-tamaris
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,596
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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