Liliom is a swaggering carnival barker who falls in love with a chambermaid and sets up house-keeping with her. He fails to provide for her, however, and continues his easy way of living.
Is this for you? If you like movies that feel like a fever dream from 1934, you'll probably dig this. If you need your protagonists to be likable or make logical life choices, steer clear. You’ll just end up shouting at the screen while the poor girl tries to make sense of her life. Charles Boyer plays this guy Liliom...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is this for you? If you like movies that feel like a fever dream from 1934, you'll probably dig this. If you need your protagonists to be likable or make logical life choices, steer clear. You’ll just end up shouting at the screen while the poor girl tries to make sense of her life. Charles Boyer plays this guy Liliom with such a specific kind of arrogance. He’s the type of dude who thinks he’s the smartest person in the room even when he’s completely broke and unemployed. It’s infuriating, but..."
Raoul Marco
Bernard Zimmer, Robert Liebmann, Fritz Lang, Ferenc Molnár
France
