Fan-Fan the Tulip
Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
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1952
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Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gipsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction. Fantastic swashbuckling adventures in a 18th century setting, with a light criticism of the war and the mighty.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
20 Mar 1952
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Cahiers-savvy cinephiles will recognize Fanfan as the type of handsome prestige production that the French New Wave overthrew in the early '60s, but this example of the 'cinema de qualite' is hardly a musty artifact.
– Jessica Winter,
Village Voice,
18 Jul 2006
fresh:
Christian-Jaque gets a bouquet for his effort, even though it's just this side of being complete.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
22 Jul 2006
fresh:
Enjoyable but undeniably creaky; what played as glorious period tomfoolery to European festival juries and discerning U S audiences in the early 1950s now just seems quaintly pleased with itself.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
18 Aug 2006
fresh:
Starring the go-to couple of Gerard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida, it features duels, chases and low-cut costumes, all in glorious black and white.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Aug 2006
fresh:
You get a sense not only of Philipe's professional training, which clearly honed his skills in choreography and movement, but also of his natural charms. That the actor performs so effortlessly, so casually, is the real magic here.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
12 Oct 2006