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The History of French Cinema: 1954 |
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Writing in Cahiers du Cinéma, François Truffaut criticises ‘certain trends in French films.’ Comparing the rejected scenario by Pierre Bost and Jean Aurenche's with the version used by Robert Bresson for his adaptation of Georges Bernanos' Diary of a Country Priest, Truffaut asks, ‘Of what value is an anti-bourgeois film made by a bourgeois for the bourgoisie?’ [ADD] |
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Buster Keaton makes his debut at the Medrano Circus in Paris. [ADD] |
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Jacques Becker's adaptation of Albert Simonin’s novel, Touchez pas au grisbi (Honor Among Thieves), starring Jean Gabin as an ageing gangster looking for a way out of his life of crime, is released. [ADD] |
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Actors Stéphane Audran and Jean-Louis Trintignant marry in Paris. [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1954 |
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| Les fruits sauvage (Herve Bromberger) | ||||
| Huis Clos (Jacqueline Audry) | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1954 |
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