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iT’s A mAD, mAD,
mAD, mAD WOrLD
stanley Kramer
1962 / USA
Eight vacationers come to
the aid of the victim of a car
accident. Before dying, the
man, a gangster, says that
he has hidden the loot of his
crimes in the small town
of Santa Rosita. This is the
starting point of an explosive
treasure hunt.
Director-producer Stanley
Kramer, who had previously
focused on serious or solemn
subjects, made a brilliant
start in comedy. A tribute to
the slapstick of silent films
from the 1920s, this hit film
is nonetheless a scathing
criticism of human greed.
2h39 / DcP / colour / French subtitles
restored print
screenplay William Rose, Tania Rose
production United Artists
cinematography Ernest Laszlo
music Ernest Gold
cast Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle,
Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett,
Mickey Rooney
distribution France Swashbuckler
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THe KiNG AND THe
mOCKiNG BirD
paul Grimault
1980 / FRANCE / ANIMATION
The despotic king of Takicardia
decides to force a young
shepherdess to marry him,
but he is opposed by the
chimneysweep and Bird, the
sworn enemy of the king.
Paul Grimault and Jacques
Prévert’s collaboration
produced this beautiful
film about oppression and
freedom. There are surprisingly
topical issues such as the
standardization of the masses,
materialism, and weapons
of mass destruction.
A masterpiece to be watched
over and over again.
1h27 / DcP / colour / French
restored print
original title Le Roi et l’Oiseau
screenplay Jacques Prévert,
Paul Grimault
based on “The Shepherdess and the
Chimney Sweep” by Hans Christian
Andersen
production Les Films Paul Grimault,
Les Films Gibé, Antenne 2
cinematography Gérard Soirant
editing Paul Grimault
music Wojciech Kilar
voices Jean Martin, Pascal Mazzotti,
Raymond Bussières, Agnès Viala,
Renaux Marx
distribution France Sophie Dulac
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THe LADies mAN
Jerry Lewis
1961 / USA
Discovering that his girlfriend
is unfaithful, young Herbert
becomes an inveterate
misogynist and decides to
avoid all contact with women.
On a misunderstanding, he is
hired by a boarding school for
girls, and his nightmare just
begins.
Between anxiety and humor,
Jerry Lewis films male-female
antagonistic relationships,
nevertheless constantly
marked by seduction. With a
clearly unrealistic and garish
decor, the film is a wonderful,
dreamlike experience.
1h35 / DcP / colour / French subtitles
restored print
screenplay Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond
production Paramount
cinematography W. Wallace Kelley
editing Stanley Johnson
music Walter Scharf
cast Jerry Lewis, Kathleen Freeman,
Helen Traubel, Pat Stanley, George Raft
distribution France Swashbuckler
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THe mAN WHO
KNeW TOO mUCH
Alfred Hitchcock
1934 / UK
On holiday in Switzerland
with their daughter, Bob
and Jill Lawrence befriend a
Frenchman. He is assassinated
shortly afterwards, but before
he dies, he warns Bob that a
diplomat will suffer the same
fate. To prevent the couple from
talking, the future murderers
kidnap their daughter...
A perfect clockwork thriller, The
Man Who Knew Too Much is a
gripping, tormented work about
evil and guilt. Alfred Hitchcock
himself made a remake of his
film some twenty years later.
1h24 / DcP / black and white
French subtitles / restored print
screenplay A. R. Rawlinson, Charles
Bennett, D. B. Wyndham-Lewis,
Edwin Greenwood
production Gaumont British Picture
Corporation
cinematography Curt Courant
editing Hugh Stewart
music Arthur Benjamin
cast Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre,
Pierre Fresnay
distribution France Mission