Claude Fournier — Director (8)

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France on a Pebble (1960)
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other title: 砾石上的法兰西 / La France sur un caillou
The 4,000 inhabitants of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon describe it as a caillou—a tiny rock on which they live, lost in the shadow of Newfoundland. There is something mysterious and inexplicable about this extension of faraway France. In broad strokes, the film paints a picture of this insular population, revealing their history, daily lives and singular character.

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Two Women In Gold (1970)
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other title: Deux femmes en or / Two Women in Gold …
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.

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The Book of Eve (2004)
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克劳德·福涅尔 actor: 克莱尔·布鲁姆 / 马修·麦凯 …
other title: 夏娃的故事
This lovely Canadian feature has Claire Bloom, playing younger than her real age and looking plump, as an English woman who leaves her marriage after 40 years. Although the narrative presents living on the pension as near-homelessness, with Bloom rifling through garbage to find useful items, her new life also happens to provide her with a protective boarding-type house, and a romance with a younger man. The romance is helped by the charm of Danjel Lavdie who plays off Bloom's elegance - though she uses a manic laugh to suggest that isn't totally a lady. The treatment features an unintentional laugh in a gay man's line "I've never seen someone so careless with his (chess) queen", and a funny intentional exchange between Bloom and her ogre husband - "Couldn't ply your legs apart with a crowbar", "That probably wasn't the best way to try". Susannah York pops up as Bloom's oldest friend, but she is featured in some of director Claude Fournier's ill-advised fantasy scenes - one where a boy in a thong parades for both women, and others where the characters are outlined with white light.

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金色小提琴 (1991)
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克劳德·福涅尔 actor: 卡梅隆·达多 / Penne Hackforth-Jones …
other title: Golden Fiddles
A heartwarming story for all the family told in four hours from the South Australian Film Corporation.

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The Tin Flute (1983)
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other title: 铁皮笛 / Bonheur d'occasion
第二次世界大战于1940年冬在欧洲全面展开。卡拉斯家人口众多,有8个孩子,为了生活而苦苦挣扎。全家的温饱都靠女儿弗洛伦丁在廉价饭店当服务员的工资度日。充满幻想的弗洛伦丁对现实不满,时刻梦想着过上有钱人的生活。小伙子让·莱维斯常到弗洛伦丁工作的饭店吃饭,他迷上了弗洛伦丁,使出浑身解数对她展开了追求,最终将弗洛伦丁搞到手。但在弗洛伦丁怀上他的孩子时,一心想往上爬的让却抛弃了她。让的朋友伊曼纽尔对弗洛伦丁怀着真挚的爱,为摆脱困境,弗洛伦丁嫁给了他。但她的弟弟却在弗洛伦丁举行婚礼时重病而死,而卡拉斯家的第9个孩子也在贫困中来到了这个世界。新婚的伊曼纽尔告别了弗洛伦丁,上了前线。