After having read dbdumonteil's reviews about her for years,I was thrilled to finally explore the works of Jacqueline Audry. As the credits faded on Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959-also reviewed) I got set to hitch-hike,on what is currently the last Audry with English subtitles.
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Released the same year that her husband/regular collaborator Pierre Laroche passed away at just 59 years old, directing auteur Jacqueline Audry & The Gates of Paris (1957-also reviewed) cinematographer Robert Lefebvre drive into a major departure from the shine of Audry's Costume Drama works,with a large part of the movie clearly being filmed in real location, which Audry stylishly takes advantage of in gliding panning shots towards the care-free Agathe.
Presenting Agathe's criss-crossing riding encounters with men in an anthology manner, Audry charges up a jaunty, cheeky comedic atmosphere via darting push-in shots on the increasingly sleazy men, which Audry twists into glowing close-ups on the butter wouldn't melt in her mouth innocent Agathe.
On the last film by his wife before he passed away (Audry's Cadavres en vacances that he co-wrote,would come out in 1963) Pierre Laroche is joined by co-writers Stella Kersova and The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961-also reviewed) co-scriptwriter Pierre Pelegri,for a screenplay which heightens Audry's major theme across her works of women's independence into a Road Movie of discovery.
The writers make the rather noticeable decision,that Agathe discovers that every single man she meets on her hitch-hike travels, is a sleazy chap who tries to make Agathe fulfill their lustful desires.
Never acting on film or TV again, Agathe Aems gives a charming turn as Agathe,thanks to blending naive innocence with enticing, sugary sweet flirting.
Turning Agathe's Road Movie into an exciting adventure, Audry packs the supporting cast of slimeball lads with an incredible selection of actors,with Noel-Noel, Pierre Brasseur, Robert Hossein, Daniel Gelin and Lino Ventura all hitting their cheeky punch-lines, as Agathe sets off to hitch-hike.
View on the film:
Released the same year that her husband/regular collaborator Pierre Laroche passed away at just 59 years old, directing auteur Jacqueline Audry & The Gates of Paris (1957-also reviewed) cinematographer Robert Lefebvre drive into a major departure from the shine of Audry's Costume Drama works,with a large part of the movie clearly being filmed in real location, which Audry stylishly takes advantage of in gliding panning shots towards the care-free Agathe.
Presenting Agathe's criss-crossing riding encounters with men in an anthology manner, Audry charges up a jaunty, cheeky comedic atmosphere via darting push-in shots on the increasingly sleazy men, which Audry twists into glowing close-ups on the butter wouldn't melt in her mouth innocent Agathe.
On the last film by his wife before he passed away (Audry's Cadavres en vacances that he co-wrote,would come out in 1963) Pierre Laroche is joined by co-writers Stella Kersova and The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961-also reviewed) co-scriptwriter Pierre Pelegri,for a screenplay which heightens Audry's major theme across her works of women's independence into a Road Movie of discovery.
The writers make the rather noticeable decision,that Agathe discovers that every single man she meets on her hitch-hike travels, is a sleazy chap who tries to make Agathe fulfill their lustful desires.
Never acting on film or TV again, Agathe Aems gives a charming turn as Agathe,thanks to blending naive innocence with enticing, sugary sweet flirting.
Turning Agathe's Road Movie into an exciting adventure, Audry packs the supporting cast of slimeball lads with an incredible selection of actors,with Noel-Noel, Pierre Brasseur, Robert Hossein, Daniel Gelin and Lino Ventura all hitting their cheeky punch-lines, as Agathe sets off to hitch-hike.