Frank Villard

  • Jean Delannoy – Le garçon sauvage AKA Savage Triangle (1951)

    1951-1960CrimeDramaFranceJean Delannoy

    Quote:
    A prostitute is going up the mountain.Up there,lives her son she left to a shepherd to take care of him.These first minutes are perhaps the best:the mother brings toys to her child but he cannot play,”playing” is a thing he’s never done;she did not intend to bring him back with her,but after a night in the same bed ,she understands she cannot live without him.So she takes him down to Marseille.
    Marseille is the city the place where evil dwells .It’s interesting to notice that the mountains (beginning) and the sea (ending)are providential,they represent purity and honesty.Read More »

  • Jacqueline Audry – Minne, l’ingenue libertine (1950)

    1951-1960ClassicsDramaFranceJacqueline Audry

    Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can’t think of anything better to do other than… to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple… As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne feels frustrated and tries to find elsewhere the carnal knowledge she does not find at home. But Antoine is a kind-hearted man and on the occasion of a trip, a sexual balance is at last found between the two partners.
    – Written by Guy BellingerRead More »

  • Gilles Grangier – Le gentleman d’Epsom AKA The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)

    1961-1970ComedyCrimeFranceGilles Grangier

    Synopsis:
    ‘Retired military officer Richard Briand-Charmery, known to all as “The Commandant”, gambles every centime he has on horse racing bets. When his luck is down, he supplies his friends with false betting tips, knowing that the friend whose bet comes off will give him a fraction of the winnings. One day, Richard meets up with an old flame, Maud, and passes an evening with her at his expense. To pay the bill for the evening’s extravagance, the Commandant tries his scam on a naive restaurateur, Ripeux…’
    – Films de FranceRead More »

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