Slideshow
LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES
France, 1955
Directed by René Clair
With Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Brigitte Bardot
Approx. 106 min. DCP restoration.
In pre-WWI garrison town, local Casanova cavalry lieutenant Gérard Philipe bets he can seduce any woman chosen at random before the summer maneuvers begin in a month — the choice: divorced milliner Michèle Morgan; and the duel d’amour begins. But what if actual love breaks out? Clair’s carefully pastelled first color film.
Reviews
“Clair’s only true romantic film.”
– Georges Sadoul
“Clair exploits his extraordinary gift for suggesting subtle comical traits with a skillful virtuosity that, by means of image itself, brings humorous innuendos to the surface.”
– Lotte H. Eisner