Underplayed Gems

Sundays and Cybele (1962)

Sundays and Cybele poster
Original title
Cybèle ou les dimanches de ville d'Avray
Directed by
Serge Bourguignon
Genre
drama film, Christmas film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A shell-shocked war veteran forms an unusual friendship with a lonely young girl. Their bond develops over Sundays in a Paris suburb.

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What happens

Sundays and Cybèle is a 1962 French drama film in Franscope, directed by Serge Bourguignon. Its original French title is Cybèle ou Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray (Cybèle or Sundays in Ville d'Avray), referring to the Ville-d'Avray suburb of Paris. The film tells the tragic story of a neglected young girl who is befriended by an innocent, but psychologically damaged, veteran of the French Indochina War. Bourguignon wrote the screenplay with Antoine Tudal, and he and Bernard Eschasseriaux, the author of the novel upon which the film is based, are credited with the dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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