

Is it worth the time? If you have a thing for old French melodramas where people spend a lot of time staring out of windows and sighing, sure. Give it a go. If you need your movies to move faster than a glacier or have a plot that doesn't feel like a 19th-century fever dream, skip this one. It is not for the impatient....

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

Léonce Perret

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"Is it worth the time? If you have a thing for old French melodramas where people spend a lot of time staring out of windows and sighing, sure. Give it a go. If you need your movies to move faster than a glacier or have a plot that doesn't feel like a 19th-century fever dream, skip this one. It is not for the impatient. Sapho (1934) feels like an antique store of a film. It is dusty, ornate, and full of things that probably meant more to the people who bought them a hundred years ago. The story ..."
Adolphe Belot, Alphonse Daudet, Léonce Perret
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