Le tueur [Killer] (Denys de La Patellière, 1972)
Nov
6
1971
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Le Figaro, weekend edition. DP: Claude Renoir.
Le tueur [Killer] (Denys de La Patellière, 1972)
Nov
6
1971
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Le Figaro, weekend edition. DP: Claude Renoir.
Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)
Oct
29
1929
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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
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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

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.
“Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970.”Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)
Oct
17
1970
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A cop berates a sheepish hippie couple. Captions read “Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970”. DP: Alfio Contini.
– Policeman
– 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.La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)
Oct
15
1959
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Dominique (Brigitte Bardot) on trial. DP: Armand Thirard.
The day of the court case. Numerous other dates are mentioned, all in flashbacks.
“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.”Le mystère Koumiko [不思議なクミコ / The Koumiko Mystery] (Chris Marker, 1965)
Oct
11
1964

The film covers multiple days. Koumiko thinks on October 17. DP: Chris Marker.
– narrator
– You expect me to eat that? – Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)
Oct
10

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.
Calle Santa Fe (Carmen Castillo, 2007)
Oct
5

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

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