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Adieu Philippine [Farewell, Philippine] (Jacques Rozier, 1962)

Feb

11

friendship

Adieu Philippine (1962)

Juliette and Liliane (Stefania Sabatini and Yveline Céry) walk along a promenade in a beautiful, vérité tracking shot. DP: René Mathelin.

A film about friendship for Jennifer Anniston's birthday (1969).

 

1960. Michel is due to leave for Algeria to serve in the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are best friends as inseparable as “Filipino almonds”(?). When they meet, the girls decide to join Michel on his final vacation, on Corsica.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #friendship #friends #JacquesRozier #YvelineCéry #StefaniaSabatini #JeanClaudeAimini #VittorioCaprioli #MauriceGarrel #MarcoPerrin #MichelPiccoli #JacqueDenjean #PaulMattei #MaximeSaury #RenéMathelin #drama #Corsica #France #Italy #1960s

Max et les ferrailleurs [Max and the Junkmen] (Claude Sautet, 1971)

Mar

16

Max et les ferrailleurs (1971)

Lily (Schneider) and Max (Piccoli) at a small table decked with good food, good wine, and quite a few wads of cash. DP: René Mathelin.

#FilmDinner #ClaudeSautet #ClaudeNéron #MichelPiccoli #RomySchneider #PhilippeSarde #RenéMathelin #BookAdaptation #crime #heist #drama #romance #France #Italy #1970s ★★★☆☆