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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The Madwoman of Chaillot, this is a whimsical, stylised rebellion against practical, money-minded society, led by an unruly eccentric whose imaginative vision turns satire into warm, theatrical comedy.
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Why this pick
Its flamboyant absurdism and pointed attack on entrenched privilege echo Chaillot’s fable-like contempt for corrupt authority, with Peter O’Toole carrying the same larger-than-life, theatrical energy.
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Why this pick
Buñuel’s elegant surrealism similarly turns wealthy, self-satisfied power into a comic nightmare, favouring dream logic, ensemble eccentricity and satirical bite over conventional realism.
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Why this pick
This expansive, mischievous social fable shares Chaillot’s anti-greed spirit and heightened theatricality, following innocence through institutions presented as grotesque, funny and morally hollow.
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Why this pick
For the pleasure of a witty, highly artificial ensemble world, this sharp Hollywood satire offers glamorous surfaces, cruel social games and a deliberately theatrical sense of performance.
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01 / THE STORY
The story is of a modern society endangered by power and greed and the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Contessa Aurelia
The Broker
The Commissar
The Ragpicker
Waiter
Flower girl
Constance, the Madwoman of Passy
Irma
