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THEME EXPLORATION

1960s France

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Le Deuxième souffle
Le Deuxième souffle
1966 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Blue
1993 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974 · Bertrand Tavernier
In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love
2000 · Wong Kar-wai
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Complexe
Complexe
1964 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
Four Friends / Georgia’s Friends
1981 · Arthur Penn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
François Truffaut → France

A key figure of the French New Wave who captured the spirit of 1960s Paris through intimate character studies and innovative narrative techniques that defined the era's cinema.

Jean-Luc Godard → France

Pioneer of the French New Wave whose experimental films like 'Contempt' and 'Pierrot le Fou' fundamentally reflected and shaped 1960s French culture and cinema itself.

Claude Chabrol → France

A leading figure of the French New Wave whose psychological thrillers deeply explored bourgeois French society and moral contradictions characteristic of 1960s France.

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