A brash and precocious ten-year-old (Catherine Demongeot) comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle (Philippe Noiret); he and the viewer get more than they bargained for, however, in this anarchic comedy from Louis Malle, which rides roughshod over the City of Light. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, Malle’s audacious Zazie dans le métro, made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave, is a bit of stream-of-consciousness slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects.
Catherine Demongeot | Zazie | |
Philippe Noiret | Onkel Gabriel | |
Hubert Deschamps | Turandot | |
Carla Marlier | Albertine | |
Annie Fratellini | Mado | |
Vittorio Caprioli | Trouscaillon |
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