The French as Seen by…

The French as Seen by…

1988/10/26 • Released • French, English

War
Documentary
Drama
6.9
1h 16m

Overview

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

Director : Werner Herzog

Casts
Ève Ruggieri

Ève Ruggieri

Self - Host

Jean Clemente

(Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

Claude Josse

(Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo")

Barbara Hendricks

Barbara Hendricks

Self - Interviewee

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Frederic Golchan

Frederic Golchan

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Tracey Walter

Tracey Walter

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Jack Nance

Jack Nance

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Michael Horse

Michael Horse

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Rick Guillory

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Marie Lauren

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Patrick Houser

Patrick Houser

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Eddy Dixon

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Magali Alvarado

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Ann Sophie

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Robin Summers

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Kathy Dean

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Leslie Cook

Leslie Cook

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Manette LaChance

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Kelly Radusch

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Ruggiero Raimondi

Self - Interviewee

Joseph Czapski

(Segment "Proust contre la déchéance")

Kenzo Takada

Self - Interviewee

Cristina Comencini

Cristina Comencini

Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Francesca Comencini

Francesca Comencini

Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen")

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Self - Interviewee

André Marcon

André Marcon

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Catherine Aymerie

Catherine Aymerie

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Pierre Amoyal

Pierre Amoyal

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Michel Radic

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Luc Briffod

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Laurent Rohrbach

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Gilles Laeser

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Laurence Nanzer

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Damien Nanzer

(Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

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