Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat..


Is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much you like theater-kids-on-film. If you enjoy bright costumes, loud singing, and plots that move faster than the actual logic, you’ll have a grand old time. If you need a movie to make sense in a grounded way, you’re going to be bored to tears within fifteen minutes...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Claude Autant-Lara

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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, it depends on how much you like theater-kids-on-film. If you enjoy bright costumes, loud singing, and plots that move faster than the actual logic, you’ll have a grand old time. If you need a movie to make sense in a grounded way, you’re going to be bored to tears within fifteen minutes. It’s definitely not for everyone, especially if you’re allergic to musical outbursts in the middle of a grocery market. Watching Ciboulette feels a bit like stumbling into a ver..."

Pedro Elviro
Robert de Flers, Claude Autant-Lara, Francis de Croisset, Jacques Prévert
France

