La meilleure façon de marcher
France,
1976, 85 min
Shown in 1976
CREDITS
- dir
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Claude Miller
- prod
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Hubert Niogret
- scr
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C. Miller, Luc Beraud
- cam
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Bruno Nuytten
- cast
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Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Pieplu
- source
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Filmoblic
OTHER
This beguiling comic drama is the first feature by Claude Miller, protege of Francois Truffaut and former assistant to Godard, Bresson and Demy, and he proves himself worthy of the company he has kept. In a boys summer camp, the activities are divided according to interests—the macho, the artistic, the intellectual—and the disciplines confront each other as they do in society at large. When the athletic director discovers the arts director dressed as a woman, he tells no one but wields his knowledge to control his associate, and the psychological tension builds under the very funny veneer of the summer retreat environment. But the film is not about homosexuality. It is about the constant conflict between the gruff and the tender, the aggressive and the sensitive, the masculine and the feminine sides of all personalities. The full French title translates as “the best way to get along,” and the so-called victim in the film evolves from a self-imposed disadvantage to turn his weakness into his strength in an utterly surprising climax to this unforgettable film.
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