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Catherine Demongeot | ... | Zazie | |
Philippe Noiret | ... | Oncle Gabriel | |
Hubert Deschamps | ... | Turandot | |
Carla Marlier | ... | Albertine | |
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Annie Fratellini | ... | Mado |
Vittorio Caprioli | ... | Trouscaillon | |
Jacques Dufilho | ... | Ferdinand Grédoux | |
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Yvonne Clech | ... | Madame Mouaque |
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Odette Piquet | ... | La mère de Zazie |
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Nicolas Bataille | ... | Fédor |
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Antoine Roblot | ... | Charles |
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Marc Doelnitz | ... | M. Coquetti |
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Jacques Gheusi | ... | Le gérant |
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Christine Howard | ||
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Louis Lalanne | ... | L'amant de Jeanne |
This merry farce depicts a satirical view of the French society: Ten-year-old Zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in Paris, so that her mother can spend some time with her lover. However Zazie escapes her uncle's custody and sets out to explore Paris on her own. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
A product of the French New Wave, this movie is more than 40 years old, but it still has the powers to make you leave your mouth open, either to laugh or just to be in awe. Extremely different from anything you can find on the screens today, "Zazie" is able to entertain you even without a coherent plot or a bunch of lines that make sense. A dark-short-haired witty little girl goes around an extremely colorful Paris meeting unusual and funny people. Does this remind you of anything? Actually "Zazie" had already gone beyond the borders of the land that would be explored by "Amelie" 40 years later. Maybe this means that the future is behind our backs? It is time to turn around.