The French as Seen by… (1988)

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

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Ève Ruggieri

Self - Host

J

Jean Clemente

(Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

C

Claude Josse

(Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

Barbara Hendricks

Self - Interviewee

Harry Dean Stanton

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Frederic Golchan

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Tracey Walter

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Jack Nance

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Michael Horse

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

R

Rick Guillory

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

M

Marie Lauren

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Patrick Houser

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

E

Eddy Dixon

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

M

Magali Alvarado

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

A

Ann Sophie

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

R

Robin Summers

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

K

Kathy Dean

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Leslie Cook

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

M

Manette LaChance

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

K

Kelly Radusch

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

R

Ruggiero Raimondi

Self - Interviewee

J

Joseph Czapski

(Segment "Proust contre la déchéance")

K

Kenzo Takada

Self - Interviewee

Cristina Comencini

Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Francesca Comencini

Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Yehudi Menuhin

Self - Interviewee

André Marcon

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Hanns Zischler

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Catherine Aymerie

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Pierre Amoyal

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

M

Michel Radic

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

L

Luc Briffod

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

L

Laurent Rohrbach

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

G

Gilles Laeser

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

L

Laurence Nanzer

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

D

Damien Nanzer

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

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