A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert..
Is it worth your time? If you like old French cinema that smells like engine oil and unrequited longing, you'll probably dig this. If you need a movie where people actually talk about their problems instead of staring at horizons, stay away. It’s a bit of a relic, honestly. There is this one shot of the plane against ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Pierre Billon
William Parke
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old French cinema that smells like engine oil and unrequited longing, you'll probably dig this. If you need a movie where people actually talk about their problems instead of staring at horizons, stay away. It’s a bit of a relic, honestly. There is this one shot of the plane against the clouds that feels like it lasts for ten years. It’s not boring, exactly. It’s just... heavy. You can tell the filmmakers were more interested in the feeling of being up there t..."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Pierre Billon, Jan Lustig, Robert Bresson
France
