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Une simple histoire

  • 19591959
  • 1h 8m
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Une simple histoire (1959)
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A woman arrives in Paris with her little girl to look for work. With limited funds and no luck, they end up penniless, homeless and dependent on the rare kindness of strangers.A woman arrives in Paris with her little girl to look for work. With limited funds and no luck, they end up penniless, homeless and dependent on the rare kindness of strangers.A woman arrives in Paris with her little girl to look for work. With limited funds and no luck, they end up penniless, homeless and dependent on the rare kindness of strangers.
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  • Director
    • Marcel Hanoun
  • Writer
    • Marcel Hanoun(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Raymond Jourdan
    • Gilette Barbier
    • Madeleine Marion
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  • Director
    • Marcel Hanoun
  • Writer
    • Marcel Hanoun(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Raymond Jourdan
    • Gilette Barbier
    • Madeleine Marion
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    Raymond Jourdan
    • Monsieur Jeanas Monsieur Jean
    Gilette Barbier
    Gilette Barbier
    Madeleine Marion
    Maria Meriko
    Max Delon
    Elizabeth Huart
    • Sylvie, Daughteras Sylvie, Daughter
    Micheline Bezançon
    • Motheras Mother
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      • Marcel Hanoun
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    A woman arrives in Paris with her little girl to look for work. With limited funds and no luck, they end up penniless, homeless and dependent on the rare kindness of strangers.
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    Inspired by an item on the back page of a newspaper
    Shot in 16 mm in Paris & its suburbs and co-produced by French television on a very low budget. This was inspired by an item on the back page of a newspaper. The essence of the film is captured by its first person voice-over commentary, and was considered "one of the few genuine masterpieces in the entire history of cinema" by film theorist Noel Burch. The film is not available in English translation, either dubbed or subtitled. But it works very well in simultaneous translation, if prepared in advance.
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      • September 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
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    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • A Simple Story
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      1 hour 8 minutes
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      • Black and White

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