Sunday, 2 May 2021

French Postcards (1979 Willard Huyck)

Written by he and Gloria Katz. Concerning US students in Paris. Miles Chapin falls for French shop girl Valérie Quennessen, David Marshall Grant sets his sights on teacher Marie-France Pisier, Blanche Baker is lonely. Debra Winger's in it a little bit.

Some of this works better than others. The weirdest bit is where Pisier takes the young man back to hers, then shows him a book about sex, then keeps him at arms length, e.g. in a jacuzzi, before they have sex (which they don't).

It feels a bit messy, overall, but is quite enjoyable.

Carol Littleton edited.


Jean-Jacques Beineix was 1st AD - he made his first feature, Diva, in 1981.

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