1961 · comedy · drama · youth
Les Godelureaux
Directed by Claude Chabrol1h 39m1961
In Paris in the early 1960s, Ronald is a son of a good family, with a carefree, pleasure-oriented life. He is one of the leading figures in the small world of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Following a trivial parking incident, he meets Arthur, a young man with a straight face who hurts his pride. It is at this moment that Ambroisine, a beautiful young woman, appears... she will be the instrument of Ronald's revenge.
Our read: Les Godelureaux (1961) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama · youth entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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