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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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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