Sundays and Cybele
Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray
France
1962
110 Min
Black and White
2.35:1
French
Synopsis
Pierre (Hardy Krüger) is a former military pilot psychologically devastated by a wartime experience. Isolated, Pierre begins to perk up when he befriends a 12-year-old urchin (Patricia Gozzi) abandoned by her father. But problems arise when their relationship is misconstrued. Set in a Parisian suburb, director Serge Bourguignon’s compassionate drama won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Director
Serge Bourguignon
Serge Bourguignon (born 3 September 1928) is a French film director and screenwriter. His film Sundays and Cybele won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962. —Wikipedia
Wall
Displaying 4 wall posts.
Hector Camero
24Jul10
The best performance by a child. Gozzi's charm is a mixture between a little girl who loves playing and sort of a mature woman. On her dreams, she wants to give it all for Krueger. He, in response, becomes childish, forgetting memories of war, being an adult. Everything happens smoothly, as if they we're in a universe of their own, and everyone: a young boy, the nuns, Courcel and some others, conspirate against it.
Related Films
Fans
Displaying 5 of 56 fans.
Lists
Displaying 5 of 39 lists.
Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1
This Man...This Monster
By Christopher M. Jones on April 11, 2012
Sundays and Cybele is a lost treasure from the ’60s about a brain-damaged pilot named Pierre, Cybele the orphan and Pierre’s girlfriend. What comes from this mixture is one of the strangest and most… read review
Forum
Displaying
0 discussion topics.