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The History of French Cinema: 1975

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Actress Isabelle Adjani leaves the Comédie Française after completing La Gifle (The Siege) to prepare for her role in François Truffaut’s l'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adèle H.) [ADD] 

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Actor Jean Gabin is the only member of the cast of Marcel Carné's le Jour se lève (Daybreak) (1939) to refuse an invitation from president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to lunch at his official residence. [ADD] 

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Brian de Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise wins the main prize at the third International Fantasy Film Festival at Avoriaz. [ADD] 

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Patrice Chéreau’s first film, La Chair de l'orchidée (The Flesh of the Orchid), is released.   Based on a James Hadley Chase novel, the film stars Bruno Cremer, Simone Signoret, Edwige Feuillère and Charlotte Rampling. [ADD] 

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Daniel Toscan du Plantier becomes Director General of Gaumont and undertakes a 10-year expansion programme. [ADD] 

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Georges Cravenne announces the creation of the César, a French version of the American Academy Awards. [ADD] 

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Algerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina’s Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Burning Years) wins the Palme d'Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival [ADD] 

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Pierre Blaise, the young actor who starred in Louis Malle’s Lacombe Lucien (1974) is killed in a car accident at the age of 20. [ADD] 

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The first European festival of American film is held at Deauville.   Sponsored by Henri Langlois amongst others, it is organised by André Halimi and Lionel Chouchan. [ADD] 

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The government begins anti-pornography legislation following the announcement from Audifilm and Femina that they will distribute Gerard Damiano’s American porn film, Deep Throat. [ADD] 

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François Truffaut’s new film, L'Histoire de Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H), is released.   19-year-old Isabelle Adjani stars as the daughter of novelist Victor Hugo who becomes romantically obsessed with a young French officer (Bruce Robinson). [ADD] 

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The government causes a political storm when it adopts a decree that excludes X-rated films from subsidy. [ADD] 

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The cinema sex magazine L'Organe is banned. [ADD] 

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British director Joseph Losey begins filming Monsieur Klein with Alain Delon in Paris. [ADD] 

– In the wake of the Cometti case, the Commission des Ententes (Arbitration Board) asks cinema chains to establish a code of practice to avoid dominating positions in the Parisian market. [ADD] 

Other Key French Films of 1975

La Bête (The Beast) (Walerian Borowczyk) [ADD] 

Black Moon (Louis Malle) [ADD] 

L’Histoir d’O (Just Jaeckin) [ADD] 

India Song (Marguerite Duras) [ADD] 

Les innocents aux main sales (Claude Chabrol) [ADD] 

Une Partie de plaisir (Claude Chabrol) [ADD] 

Que la fete commence (Bertrand Tavernier) [ADD] 

Section Speciale (Costa-Gavras) [ADD] 

The History of Cinema: 1975