Gaston, an artist in love with an upper class English girl, accepts to stay away from her when a wealthy rival offers to pay her father's heavy debt. Broken-hearted, he leaves for France with his young servant.
Is this worth your time? If you like old-school musical sentimentality and have a soft spot for Maurice Chevalier, you'll probably enjoy the ride. It's gentle, a bit dusty, and moves at a pace that modern movies have long since forgotten. If you need explosions or a plot that doesn't hinge on noble, self-sacrificing ar...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Curtis Bernhardt
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"Is this worth your time? If you like old-school musical sentimentality and have a soft spot for Maurice Chevalier, you'll probably enjoy the ride. It's gentle, a bit dusty, and moves at a pace that modern movies have long since forgotten. If you need explosions or a plot that doesn't hinge on noble, self-sacrificing artists doing silly things for love, you’ll probably find this unbearable. Honestly, watching Le vagabond bien-aimé feels a bit like finding a postcard in an attic from someone you ..."
Curtis Bernhardt, Greta Heller, L. Kochnitzky, William J. Locke, Michel Duran
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