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:

Car | Train | Metro | Optimism | Girl Heroine

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 nel metrò (Italy)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Pathé Consortium Cinéma

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)

Parisian metro : chaos follows even if it closes for a day.

Films featuring metro are a sub genre in itself.In French cinema,2 of the most eccentric metro films are :subway and Zazie dans le métro.On the one hand "Subway" is more of an "in the metro" film,on the other hand "Zazie dans le métro" can be defined as something of "outside the metro" film.Nothing much happens in the metro itself.This is because in the film Parisian metro is just a metaphor in order to allow a young girl to explore the intricacies of the adults' behavior.The young girl whose role is nicely played by Catherine Demongeot is a veritable trouble maker.Although she is in Paris to enjoy her stay, she is more interested in pestering her uncle.Great French actor (now dead),Philippe Noiret plays the role of the hapless uncle who is absolutely at a loss as to how to reply to his niece's absurd questions.This film by Louis Malle is quite unusual as there is no other film which can match its spirit of freewheeling fun.For fact finders, the film is based on a novel by Raymond Queneau who was close to surrealist writers of his times.