Faubourg St Martin

Faubourg Saint-Martin

France

1986

83 Min

Color

1.55:1

French, English

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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CAST Françoise Fabian, Patachou, Marie-Christine Rousseau, Stéphane Jobert, Ingrid Bourgoin, Emmanuel Lemoine, Patrick Couet, Chantal Delsaux, Valérie Jeannet, Renaud Victor, Greg Germain, Howard Vernon, Philippe de Poix, Vincent Ducastel, Paulette Bouvet, Marcel Gassouk, Joseph Sayag, Jacqueline Noëlle, Patrick Michaelis, Michel Baltiglier, Stéphane Leskovac, Pierre Blain

MUSIC Sergio Tomassi, Giuseppe Verdi

SOUND Jean-François Chevalier

Cannes (Semaine de la critique)

Synopsis

Tragic story of a prostitute’s attempts to leave her past behind when she finds true love. —BFI

Director

Born in 1939, Jean-Claude Guiguet was a cinema critic in several magazines like Image et Son from 1970 to 1975 ; from 1975 to 1977, he wrote the cinema column in La Nouvelle Revue Française (Gallimard). He was Paul Vecchiali’s assistant on Femmes-Femmes (1974) and Change pas Demain (1975), set and costume designer on Jean-Claude Biette’s Le théâtre des matières. Les belles manières [was] his first long feature. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

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Mariannette

12Jun11

The script is so full of wonderful philosophies, the music, the female characters so nuanced and rich in spirit, strengh, beauty and grace. This was a revelation!

Dave Beynon

26May11

Yes, a bit old-school, well it is from '86. Good though, the theatrical-style direction suited the story and characters. Liked the cinematography too. Worth a watch.