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Paris the Beautiful (1960)

Paris the Beautiful poster
Original title
Paris la belle
Directed by
Pierre Prévert
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
22 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary shows Paris as it looked in 1928 and 1958. It combines footage from both time periods with a poem by Jacques Prévert and a song.

nostalgiclyricalcity-portraitreverentobservationalpoeticgentle

What happens

Paris la belle est un film français réalisé par Pierre Prévert, tourné en 1928 et 1958, sorti en 1960. Ce court métrage a obtenu le Prix spécial du Jury, au festival de Cannes 1960, section court métrage. Le commentaire de Jacques Prévert est dit par Arletty, la chanson est interprétée par Xavier Depraz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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