As part of the “William Klein: Films, etc.” Retrospective, this screening invites you to discover William Klein’s film “L’anniversaire de Charlotte,” followed by Louis Malle’s film “Zazie dans le métro.”
L’anniversaire de Charlotte Directed by William Klein, 25 minutes, 1974 With Charlotte Levy, Coline Sereau, Roland Topor. “An anarchic Super 8 film for Kodak” (Charlotte) Charlotte, twelve years old, wants to throw a birthday party for herself and her friends, but she has no money. Her big sister (Coline Serreau) tells her, “society steals from us, so you might as well steal too.” Charlotte puts this sound advice into practice. The film ends with a gigantic party. Zazie dans le métro Directed by Louis Malle, artistic advisor William Klein, 89 minutes, 1960. Zazie dans le métro clearly echoes William Klein’s film L’anniversaire de Charlotte here. The child narrator has the same mocking cheekiness. Zazie, like Charlotte, roams through a theatrical, “cartoonized” city, each pursuing a zany quest. “You understand nothing about Zazie dans le métro if you do not focus on William Klein’s presence as artistic advisor,” said Philippe Colin, Louis Malle’s assistant on Zazie dans le métro. For his first color film, Louis Malle chose to adapt Raymond Queneau’s novel with William Klein (himself an admirer of Queneau) as collaborator. Certain nighttime sequences evoke Broadway by Light, Klein’s first film, released two years earlier.
Admission: From 0 to 14 euros.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Still from the film “L’anniversaire de Charlotte”