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  La Pointe Courte

  La Pointe Courte

  Directed by Agnès Varda • 1955 • France
  Starring Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret

  The great Agnès Varda’s film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complic...

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  Elevator to the Gallows

  Elevator to the Gallows

  Directed by Louis Malle • 1958 • France
  Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly

  For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Da...

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  Le beau Serge

  Le beau Serge

  Directed by Claude Chabrol • 1958 • France
  Starring Jean‑Claude Brialy, Gérard Blain

  Of the hallowed group of “Cahiers du cinéma” critics turned filmmakers who transformed French film history, Claude Chabrol was the first to direct his own feature. His absorbing landmark debut, LE BEAU SERGE (“H...