The French as Seen by…

The French as Seen by…

76 mins | Drama, Documentary, War | Oct. 26, 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.

The French as Seen by…

76 mins | Drama, Documentary, War | Oct. 26, 1988

The French as Seen by…
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Propaganda Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Antenne 2, Erato Films, JLG Films
Original title Les Français vus par
Directors Luigi Comencini, Werner Herzog, David Lynch, Jean-Luc Godard, Andrzej Wajda
Writers

Cast

Ève Ruggieri

as Self - Host

Jean Clemente

as (Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

Claude Josse

as (Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

Barbara Hendricks

as Self - Interviewee

Harry Dean Stanton

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Frederic Golchan

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Tracey Walter

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Jack Nance

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Michael Horse

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Rick Guillory

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Marie Lauren

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Patrick Houser

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Eddy Dixon

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Magali Alvarado

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Ann Sophie

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Robin Summers

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Kathy Dean

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Leslie Cook

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Manette LaChance

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Kelly Redusch

as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Ruggiero Raimondi

as Self - Interviewee

Joseph Czapski

as (Segment "Proust contre la déchéance")

Kenzo Takada

as Self - Interviewee

Cristina Comencini

as Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Francesca Comencini

as Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Yehudi Menuhin

as Self - Interviewee

André Marcon

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

Hanns Zischler

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

Catherine Aymerie

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

Pierre Amoyal

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

Michel Radic

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

Luc Briffod

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

Laurent Rohrbach

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

Gilles Laeser

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

Laurence Nanzer

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

Damien Nanzer

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