So inventive that it's exhausting, this is a rare thing indeed -- a family film for cynics.
Zazie dans le Métro
Liberté... Insanité... Hilarité!
1960 · 1h 33m · Not Rated
Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
Louis Malle
Overview
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
Director and cast
- Louis Malle Director
- Catherine Demongeot as Zazie
- Philippe Noiret as Onkel Gabriel
- Hubert Deschamps as Turandot
- Carla Marlier as Albertine
- Annie Fratellini as Mado
- Vittorio Caprioli as Trouscaillon
- Yvonne Clech as Madame Mouaque
- Odette Piquet as Zazies Mutter
- Nicolas Bataille Cast
- Antoine Roblot Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Arguably Louis Malle's best work.
It has some risible bits but is, in all, somewhat diffuse.
It has survived the years much better than other indulgent frolics, mainly because Malle really does seem motivated by gleeful malice and anarchy -- he's not just toying with a fashionable mood.
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