A young man tries to persuade his group to join him in making an ethnographic film in the Congo, but his idealism causes ruptures in love and friendship. Becker’s direction of his glittering cast is impeccable.
Rendez-vous de juillet (1949)
One of the finest films about postwar St Germain, where philosophy, theatre and jazz thrived.
- 1949 France
- Directed by
- Jacques Becker
- Produced by
- René G. Vuattoux
- Featuring
- Daniel Gélin, Maurice Ronet, Pierre Trabaud
- Running time
- 68 minutes
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