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Snobs!

Screening on Film
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky.
With Francis Blanche, Elina Labourdette, Véronique Nordey.
France, 1962, 35mm, black & white, 88 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: Cine Patrimone Concept

The most inventive comedians of the time (Francis Blanche, Pierre Dac) rub shoulders with the great actors of the cinéma d'auteur, both those already recognized —such as Elina Labourdette, unforgettable in Bresson's Les Dames du bois de Boulogne—and those still in the making, like Michael Lonsdale. This zany and cruel social comedy was the third feature—but the real starting point—of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s prolific career, and he remained a maverick of cinema throughout his life.

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    Copy source: Films d'ici

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