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Fan-Fan the Tulip

1952 · 1h 42m · NOT RATED Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
Directed by Christian-Jaque

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Overview

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

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78%
Tomatometer
Fresh

You get a sense not only of Philipe's professional training, which clearly honed his skills in choreography and movement, but also of his natural charms. That the actor performs so effortlessly, so casually, is the real magic here.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh

Starring the go-to couple of Gerard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida, it features duels, chases and low-cut costumes, all in glorious black and white.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Enjoyable but undeniably creaky; what played as glorious period tomfoolery to European festival juries and discerning U S audiences in the early 1950s now just seems quaintly pleased with itself.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh

Christian-Jaque gets a bouquet for his effort, even though it's just this side of being complete.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

Cahiers-savvy cinephiles will recognize Fanfan as the type of handsome prestige production that the French New Wave overthrew in the early '60s, but this example of the 'cinema de qualite' is hardly a musty artifact.

Jessica Winter, Village Voice

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