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THEME EXPLORATION

southern france

16 films · 2 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
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
1958 · Sidney Lumet
Crazy Mama
Crazy Mama
1975 · Jonathan Demme
Orpheus
Orpheus
2006 · Bruce Beresford
Queen Bee
Queen Bee
1978 · Kon Ichikawa
So Long at the Fair
So Long at the Fair
1950 · Terence Fisher
Superstizione – Non ci credo!
Superstizione – Non ci credo!
1948 · Michelangelo Antonioni
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Elia Kazan
Non si sevizia un paperino
Non si sevizia un paperino
1972 · Lucio Fulci
Pinky
Pinky
1949 · Elia Kazan & John Ford
De Sade
De Sade
1969 · Cy Endfield & Roger Corman
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1973 · Gérard Pirès
The Vintner's Luck
The Vintner's Luck
2009 · Niki Caro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Luc Godard → Switzerland/France

His films frequently captured the landscapes and bohemian culture of the French Riviera and southern France, particularly in works like 'À bout de souffle' and 'Contempt'.

Agnès Varda → France

She extensively documented and celebrated the Mediterranean coast and southern French life through films like 'Vagabond' and 'Jacquot de Nantes', deeply embedded in the region's social landscape.

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