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When France dressed as Claude Sautet

2021-03-02T14:46:32.634Z


Things of life to Nelly and Mr. Arnaud passing by Boy! , the director has acquired the stature of a commander in French cinema. A look back at a filmography full of humanism.


There was rain and bistros, cigarettes and melancholy.

In the 1970s, France dressed in Sautet.

The men wore tweed jackets and knit ties.

The women were called Romy Schneider.

She was typing and Michel Piccoli would tell her:

"I'm looking at you."

It was a full time job.

The architects smoked Celtics, knew that the word fabricate had two f's, told their companion that they loved her because she was "ugly and old".

They discovered that their ex-wife had a lover when they saw cigar butts in an ashtray, ruled a sailboat on the Ile de Ré and wrote break-up letters containing the phrase:

"We were going to become miserable."

They gave up on posting it and instead sent a message worded as follows:

"impatiently awaited this evening in Rennes at the Hôtel Du Guesclin."

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Source: lefigaro

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