Playtime in Paris

Playtime in Paris

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 14, 1962

Runtime

0h 27m

Original Title

Jouer à Paris

Production Companies

Sofracima

Director

Catherine Winter

Description

Catherine Varlin's 27-minute Playtime in Paris (1962) is almost a practice run for Le joli mai, a sampling that starts in a classroom and then observes various subjects from afar. A woman is compared to a cat, and then we see a little girl on a playground, kissing, hugging and swatting a little boy companion as if he were a doll-plaything. A supermarket is compared to a flea market; an upscale equestrian event is compared to a soccer match, a comic bullfight and other attractions. Marker edited and Lhomme was the cameraman.