Adieu Philippine

Adieu Philippine

1962 · 106 min · FR · 6.7 (30 votes)
Dir. Jacques Rozier · Starring Jean-Claude Aimini, Yveline Cery, Vittorio Caprioli, Stefania Sabatini, Daniel Descamps, David Tonelli · Music Jacques Denjean
Drama

Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.

VIBE

A bittersweet, sun-drenched French New Wave gem. It captures the ephemeral nature of youth, fleeting romance, and the quiet melancholy of impending separation, all with a breezy, effortlessly cool aesthetic.

wistfulmelancholiccharmingnostalgicslow-burnFrench New Wavearthousecharacter-drivennaturalisticyouthlove triangleinnocenceimpending doom
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