Ciboulette

film by Autant-Lara

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Ciboulette is a 1933 French film directed by Claude Autant-Lara. It was his first feature film. The film is an adaptation of a novel by Raymond Radiguet. Autant-Lara was known for his literary adaptations and emphasis on psychological realism, which was characteristic of the French cinema's "tradition of quality". While his style fell out of fashion with the advent of the French New Wave, he continued to direct films throughout his career.1

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Claude Autant-Lara
…directed his first feature film, Ciboulette. Two films that Autant-Lara completed in 1942—Le Mariage de Chiffon and Lettres d’amour—prefigured his work in Le Diable au corps and strengthened his standing as one of the major exponents of the French cinema’s “tradition of quality.” Adapted from a novel by Raymond Radiguet,…
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…directed his first feature film, Ciboulette. Two films that Autant-Lara completed in 1942—Le Mariage de Chiffon and Lettres d’amour—prefigured his work in Le Diable au corps and strengthened his standing as one of the major exponents of the French cinema’s “tradition of quality.” Adapted from a novel by Raymond Radiguet,…
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