The Sign of Leo

The Sign of Leo

1962 · 103 min · FR · 7.0 (44 votes)
Dir. Éric Rohmer · Starring Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude, Paul Bisciglia, Gilbert Edard, Christian Alers
Drama

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

VIBE

A languid, smoke-filled Parisian haze. It feels like a bittersweet, existential sigh, capturing the ennui of a charming drifter adrift in a world of faded glamour and uncertain futures.

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