Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you’re into the kind of 1930s French cinema that feels like a stage play taped to a camera. It’s light, it’s silly, and it’s arguably a bit hollow. If you need a tight, fast-paced script, stay far away. But if you want to see how people handled 'scandalous' humor back then, yo...
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"Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you’re into the kind of 1930s French cinema that feels like a stage play taped to a camera. It’s light, it’s silly, and it’s arguably a bit hollow. If you need a tight, fast-paced script, stay far away. But if you want to see how people handled 'scandalous' humor back then, you might get a kick out of it. The whole thing kicks off with a discovery in the forest. You can tell they were trying to be provocative for the time, but watching it now, it just ..."
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Jean Guitton, André Birabeau, Arnold Lipp
France
1934 · IMDb 6.4
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