The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)

Original title

Les Carnets du Major Thompson

Directed by

Preston Sturges

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A British major living in France writes a diary about the cultural differences he observes between the French and the English. The film follows his amused and bemused commentary on the quirks of French life.

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What happens

The French, They Are a Funny Race (French: Les Carnets du Major Thompson, lit. 'The Notebooks of Major Thompson'; released in the United Kingdom as The Diary of Major Thompson) is a 1955 French comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, based on the 1954 novel Les Carnets du Major Thompson by Pierre Daninos, and starring Martine Carol and Jack Buchanan. This was the last film directed by Sturges before his death in August 1959, as well as the final film appearance of Buchanan, who died in October 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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