The French as Seen by… (1988)
1h 16m
Running Time
October 26, 1988Release Date
The French as Seen by… (1988)
1h 16m
Running Time
October 26, 1988Release Date
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Plot.
In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.
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Cast & Crew.
Ève Ruggieri
Self - Host
Harry Dean Stanton
Slim
André Marcon
Actor
Claude Josse
Self
Barbara Hendricks
Self - Interviewee
Hanns Zischler
Actor
Frederic Golchan
Pierre the Frenchman
Jean Clemente
Self
Jack Nance
Pete
Michael Horse
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Catherine Aymerie
Actress
Tracey Walter
Dusty
Rick Guillory
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Pierre Amoyal
Actor
Marie Lauren
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Patrick Houser
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Eddy Dixon
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Magali Alvarado
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Ann Sophie
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Robin Summers
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Kathy Dean
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Leslie Cook
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Manette LaChance
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Kelly Radusch
(Segment 'The Cowboy and the Frenchman')
Ruggiero Raimondi
Self - Interviewee
Joseph Czapski
(Segment 'Proust contre la déchéance')
Kenzo Takada
Self - Interviewee
Cristina Comencini
Self (Segment 'Pèlerinage à Agen')
Francesca Comencini
Self (Segment 'Pèlerinage à Agen')
Yehudi Menuhin
Self - Interviewee
Michel Radic
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Luc Briffod
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Laurent Rohrbach
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Gilles Laeser
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Laurence Nanzer
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Damien Nanzer
(Segment 'Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard')
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
David Lynch
Director
Werner Herzog
Director
Details.
Release DateOctober 26, 1988
Original NameLes Français vus par
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
Genres
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Wiki.
The French as Seen by... (Les Français vus par... in French) was the title and subject of a series of five short films by notable directors. It was initiated and sponsored by the newspaper Le Figaro, as part of the 1988 celebration of the tenth anniversary of its magazine section. The directors and films produced were:
Werner Herzog - Les Gaulois
David Lynch - The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Andrzej Wajda - Proust contre la déchéance
Luigi Comencini - Pèlerinage à Agen
Jean-Luc Godard - Le dernier mot