Zazie dans le métro (1960)

Director:

Louis Malle

Writers:

Raymond Queneau (novel)
Louis Malle (writer) ...

Release Date:

20 November 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Louis Malle's Comedy With No Holds Barred !

Plot:

This merry farce depicts a satirical view of the French society: Twelve years old Zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in Paris...

Plot Keywords:

Pigalle | Salvation Army | Heedless | Absurd | Pretty Girl

Cast

Catherine Demongeot	...	Zazie
Philippe Noiret	...	Uncle Gabriel
Hubert Deschamps	...	Turandot
Carla Marlier	...	Albertine
Annie Fratellini	...	Mado
Vittorio Caprioli	...	Trouscaillon
Jacques Dufilho	...	Ferdinand Grédoux
Yvonne Clech	...	Madame Mouaque
Odette Piquet	...	Zazie's mother
Nicolas Bataille	...	Fédor
Antoine Roblot	...	Charles
Marc Doelnitz	...	M. Coquetti
Jacques Gheusi	...	Le gérant
Christine Howard
Louis Lalanne	...	L'amant de Jeanne

Also Known As:

Zazie dans le métro (USA)
Zazie in the Subway
Zazie in the Underground
Zazie nel metrò (Italy)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:12 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:15 (original rating) | Netherlands:AL | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Franstudio, Joinville-le-pont, Val-de-Marne, France

Company:

Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When the policeman is harassing the sexy blonde lady with the blue dress, the crew is visible on the windows of one of the cars passing by.

Quotes:

Zazie: What's a hormosessual?
Albertine: A man who wears blue jeans.
Zazie: Aw, you're joking!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia új hullám (#1.14)" (1990)

A joyous romp. French "Joie de vivre", at it's very best.

Great cinema, with a wonderful exuberance and style. Louis Malle showed his great talent and versatility in this romp of cheeky comedy. Blessed with a Zazie that (for me ) captures the essence of the character originally created by Raymond Queneau, this is a 60's French film that continues to bring naive pleasure to those to whom it is a memory of the renaissance of French cinema in the early 60's, and (hopefully) will still retain a few inspirational moments for those see this movie thirty years on and who have had the benefit of later comedic directors who learned from this well-crafted and thoroughly entertaining movie.