The original “grumpy old men,” Jean-Marie (Jean Gabin), Baptiste (Pierre Fresnay), and Blaise (Noel-Noel) raise havoc in this entertaining comedy by director Gilles Grangier. The trio of irritable, temperamental grouchy men abandon their village to go take up residence in a senior citizens’ home. They have a great time playing tricks on others and venting about the inadequacies of modern youth. Each elderly eccentric has his moment in the spotlight, as their story unfolds in an episodic manner. In the end, the retirement-home staff become convinced that taking care of these characters lies above and beyond the call of duty.Read More »
Pierre Fresnay
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Gilles Grangier – Les Vieux de la vieille AKA The Old Guard (1960)
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois – Les évadés AKA The Fugitives (1955)
France1951-1960DramaJean-Paul Le ChanoisWarIn a boxcar, three escapees hope to get to Sweden; there’s the military man who wants to resume the fight, the simple private who’s tired of being a fighter, and the intellectual, a schoolteacher fluent in German -which is useful- who does not exactly what he is going to do. Their main problem is water. On the train,their journey will be perilous: every station is a threat, for they may be discovered by the German soldiers.Read More »
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Marc Allégret – Sous les yeux d’occident aka Under Western Eyes (1936)
Drama1931-1940FranceMarc AllégretPolitical turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.
Based on Joseph Conrad’s novel.Read More »