An essay film critiquing post-war France's urban developments- Pialat states that modernity and suburban convenience have limited Parisian freedom and widened class gaps.
Direction
Pialat's debut fury already fully formed.
Editing
Archive footage weaponized into class warfare.
Director
Maurice Pialat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during France's trente glorieuses, Pialat was already calling out the era's ugly underbelly while others celebrated progress.
Pialat shot this guerrilla-style before his narrative features — the anger never left, just got more personal.
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