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The History of French Cinema: 1963 |
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Claude Chabrol’s Landru, a darkly comic tale about real life serial killer Henri Désiré Landru, is released. Charles Denner stars in the title role, with support from Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef and Stéphane Audran. [ADD] |
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Jacques Demy's La Baie des anges (Bay of Angels), starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann, is released. [ADD] |
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Cinémathèque's new cinema opens at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris with a homage to Charles Chaplin followed by a retrospective of American and Japanese films. [ADD] |
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Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf both die on this day. [ADD] |
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Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris (Contempt), based on Alberto Moravia's novel Il Disprezzo, is released. Described by the director as a film by Michelangelo Antonioni, in the style of Howard Hawks or Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, and veteran German director Fritz Lang. [ADD] |
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The CNC begins regulating cinema programming agreements. [ADD] |
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Other Key French Films of 1963 |
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Les Carabiniers (The Soldiers) (Jean-Luc Godard) [ADD] |
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Le Feu Follet (A Time to Live and a Time to Die) (Louis Malle) [ADD] |
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Le joli Mai (Chris Marker) [ADD] |
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Judex (Georges Franju) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mourir à Madrid (To Die in Madrid) (Frédéric Rossif) [ADD] |
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Muriel ou le temps d’un retour (Muriel, or the Time of Return) (Alain Resnais) [ADD] |
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Rose et Landry (Jacques Godbout, Jean Rouch) [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1963 |
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