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The History of French Cinema: 1959 |
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13/2 - |
Brigitte Bardot stars in Julien Duvivier’s La Femme et le pantin (The Woman and the Puppet). The Pierre Louy novel had previously been adapted for the screen in 1929 and in Hollywood in 1935 as The Devil is a Woman, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich. [ADD] |
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11/3 - |
Claude Chabrol's second feature, Les Cousins, starring Gérard Blain and Jean-Claude Brialy is released. At the same time, the Jean Vigo prize jury presents its award to his debut feature Le Beau Serge (Bitter Reunion). [ADD] |
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16/5 - |
Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut, the talented directors spearheading the French New Wave, attend the Cannes Film Festival, where Truffaut wins the Best Director prize for his debut film, Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows). [ADD] |
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18/6 - |
Brigitte Bardot and actor Jacques Charrier marry in secret after months of press speculation. [ADD] |
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9/8 - |
Reports state that actress Jeanne Moreau intends to abandon the cinema and return to the stage [ADD] |
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9/9 - |
The premiere of Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960 is cancelled at the last moment, disappointing 800 invited guests. [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1959 |
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| Hiroshima, mon amour (Alain Resnais) [ADD] | ||||
| Orfeu negro (Marcel Camus) [ADD] | ||||
| Pickpocket (Robert Bresson) [ADD] | ||||
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