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France

Le tueur [Killer] (Denys de La Patellière, 1972)

Nov

6

1971

Le tueur (1972)

Le Figaro, weekend edition. DP: Claude Renoir.

 

Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)

Oct

29

1929

Yoyo (1965)

One of multiple dates in the film. A circus poster featuring Yoyo with the caption ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1942 THE WAR BREAKS OUT. October 29, 1929, was of course the date of the Wall Street Crash. DP: Jean Boffety.

 

Les gommes [The Erasers] (Lucien Deroisy + René Micha, 1969)

Oct

27

Sat

Les gommes (1969)

A man walks down the street, reading a newspaper. Children run along. DP: Frédéric Geilfus.

 

La sixième face du pentagone [The Sixth Face of the Pentagon] (Chris Marker + François Reichenbach, 1968)

Oct

21

1967

La sixième face du pentagone (1968)

Armed police seen from the back. In front of him someone holds up a sign that reads WHY WAR. DPs: Tony Daval, Chris Marker & Christian Odasso.

Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)

Oct

17

1970

Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971)

A cop berates a sheepish hippie couple. Captions read “Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970”. DP: Alfio Contini.

“Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970.”

– Policeman

La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)

Oct

15

1959

La vérité (1960)

Dominique (Brigitte Bardot) on trial. DP: Armand Thirard.

The day of the court case. Numerous other dates are mentioned, all in flashbacks.

– The Paris Court of Appeals, meeting on October 15, 1959, pursuant to the charges against Dominique Marceau.

– With a girl like that, truth may be the best defense for once.

Le mystère Koumiko [不思議なクミコ / The Koumiko Mystery] (Chris Marker, 1965)

Oct

11

1964

Le mystère Koumiko (1965)

The film covers multiple days. Koumiko thinks on October 17. DP: Chris Marker.

“Mr. Everyman explains how to look like a Japanese and thus impress those wild and not very civilized people. Mrs. Everyman replies that for savages, they look remarkably civilized. Meanwhile, Mr. Everyman, seeing more people looking even more Japanese, is reassured. Mrs. Everyman sees soldiers parading in European uniform. She smiles ironically. But now a number of typical Japanese walk into the house. Her irony disappears. And Mr. Everyman is not ashamed to admit… he is mystified.”

– narrator

Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)

Oct

10

Le passager de la pluie (1970)

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.

– You expect me to eat that?

– Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.

Calle Santa Fe (Carmen Castillo, 2007)

Oct

5

Calle Santa Fe (2007)

Miguel Enriquez holding Carmen Castillo in a family snapshot. DPs: Ned Burgess, Sebastián Moreno, Raphaël O'Byrne & Arnaldo Rodríguez.

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Le boucher (1970)

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.