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  • Les Gauloises bleues (1968)
  • G
    93 min | Drama
Les Gauloises bleues (1968)
G
93 min | Drama

The movie explores the love, or lack thereof, of a spouse and a parent, absurdities and tragedies of life, growing-up and death, and humanity under various social and political influences. Ivan's life, and his unhappy relationship with his...See moreThe movie explores the love, or lack thereof, of a spouse and a parent, absurdities and tragedies of life, growing-up and death, and humanity under various social and political influences. Ivan's life, and his unhappy relationship with his wife and father, are told through interweaving flashbacks as his wife is attempting to give birth. The title refers to the cigarettes he was buying from her when he met her while down on his luck. They fall in love but constantly fight, while he resorts to crime. The movie's many artsy vignettes vary widely between provocative interviews and dialogue, symbolic scenes of Ivan as a child stomping a gift of bread into the ground, surreal images of death, absurdities of silly bureaucracies and indifference in hospitals, scenes of political upheaval mixed with innocent images of a children's book, and so on. This is a hodgepodge of subtly impressionistic scenes that come together to weave a character study and portrait of life. At times it was a wonderfully surreal and intriguing artistic creation. Written by Anonymous See less
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May 12, 1969 (United States)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Georges Demestre
Ivan à 6 ans Ivan à 6 ans   See fewer
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Ivan à 30 ans Ivan à 30 ans   See fewer
Nella Bielski
Jeanne Jeanne   See fewer
Annie Girardot
La mère La mère   See fewer
Bruno Cremer
Le père Le père   See fewer
Tsilla Chelton
La directrice La directrice   See fewer
François Périer
Le juge (voice) Le juge (voice)   See fewer
Henri Garcin
L'ambulancier rabatteur (as H. Garcin) L'ambulancier rabatteur (as H. Garcin)   See fewer
Jean Lescot
Un chasseur (as J. Lescot) Un chasseur (as J. Lescot)   See fewer
Karina Gondy
L'assistante sociale L'assistante sociale   See fewer
Claude Degliame
Actress (as Cl. Degliame) Actress (as Cl. Degliame)   See fewer
Anne Wiazemsky
L'infirmière (as A. Wiazemsky) L'infirmière (as A. Wiazemsky)   See fewer
Marcello Pagliero
Le marchand bohémien (as Marcel Plagliero) Le marchand bohémien (as Marcel Plagliero)   See fewer
André Ancel
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Jacques Baudry
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Tania Becker
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Liza Braconnier
Infirmière (uncredited) Infirmière (uncredited)   See fewer
Marie-Blanche Bullian
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Maximilien Decroux
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Isabelle Felder
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Francis Girod
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Tanya Lopert
La Mort (uncredited) La Mort (uncredited)   See fewer
Sofie Maltzeff
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Claude Parent
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
José Varela
Le juriste (uncredited) Le juriste (uncredited)   See fewer
Dominique Vielleville
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
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