THEME EXPLORATION

Parisian working class

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gigi
Gigi
1958 · Vincente Minnelli
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963 · Marcel Carné
Her First Mate
Her First Mate
1933 · William Wyler
Les Godelureaux
Les Godelureaux
1961 · Claude Chabrol
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 · Frank Borzage
Plácido
Plácido
1961 · Luis García Berlanga
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
1964 · Jean Rouch
No Time for Love
No Time for Love
1943 · Mitchell Leisen
The Other Half
The Other Half
1919 · King Vidor
Up in the Clouds
Up in the Clouds
1965 · Mrinal Sen
China Is Near
China Is Near
1967 · Marco Bellocchio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati France

Through films like 'Mon Oncle' and 'Playtime', Tati satirizes modern industrial life and the Parisian working class caught between tradition and modernization.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Though British, Loach's neorealist approach to documenting working-class struggles has deeply influenced French cinema's treatment of similar themes in urban settings.