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Cinema: the revenge of Gilles Grangier

2022-01-16T15:59:56.629Z


Oblivion awaited the director. Pathé does him justice by publishing two of his restored films.


Gilles Grangier (1911-1996) was one of François Truffaut's favorite gossips.

In his famous article “A certain trend in French cinema”, which appeared in

Cahiers du cinema

in January 1954, the critic and future director of Les

Quatre Cents Coups

scoured “French quality” cinema and its representatives.

The author of

Cave se rebiffe

and

La Cuisine au beurre

appears in the company of the old guard (Jean Delannoy, Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, among others).

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François Truffaut, film by film: the director who loved the flames

Today, we are rediscovering Grangier, a popular and prolific filmmaker (49 feature films).

Last October, the Lumière Festival in Lyon devoted a retrospective to him and his interviews with François Guérif have been republished (

Passé la Loire, c'est l'aventure, 50 ans de cinema

, Institut Lumière/Actes Sud).

These unpretentious confessions retrace the career of a conscientious craftsman, who went through all the film trades before shooting Bourvil, de Funès, Arletty and of course Gabin.

Two restored films…

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Source: lefigaro

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