Directed by:
René ClairScreenplay:
René ClairComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Rolla France, Alexander D'Arcy, Jacques Shelly, André Michaud, Paul Ollivier, Maximilienne, Eugène Stuber, Альбер Брокен (more)VOD (1)
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Deftly integrating his signature musical-comedy technique with pointed social criticism, Clair tells the story of an escaped convict who becomes a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately his past returns to upset his carefully laid plans. Featuring lighthearted wit, tremendous visual innovation, and masterful manipulation of sound, À Nous la Liberté is both a potent indictment of mechanized modern society and an uproarious comic delight. (official distributor synopsis)
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A beautiful transition between grotesque, which is the comedy of silent film, and classical sound comedy. The comedy of both genres mixes here, but it is true that grotesque still has the main word, the way the scenes are captured, how the characters on the screen interact, spoken comedy is somewhat sidelined. I don't consider the film to be so significant in terms of creating comedy and building comedic elements, but rather as another step towards modern comedies.
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