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Le Signe du lion
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Le Signe du lion

Le Signe du lion

1962
Drama
1h 43m
Pierre (Jess Hahn) is a music student and already living on a shoestring when he hears that he has inherited a large sum of money. But just when it looks like his luck is changing for the better, his so-called inheritance is suddenly ephemeral. Saddled with debts, he wanders around the shadier side of the city throughout the summer, trying to survive but instead sinking deeper and deeper into the morass of poverty. His friends help out, and at the end it looks like his luck will be changing once again. (All Movie Guide)

Directed by:

Éric Rohmer

Screenwriter:

Paul Gégauff, Éric Rohmer

Starring:

Stéphane Audran, Paul Crauchet, Van Doude, Jess Hahn, Paul Bisciglia, Jean-Luc Godard, Michèle Girardon, Christian Alers, Gilbert Edard, Alain Resnais, Jean-Marie Arnoux, Jean Le Poulain

Genre:

Drama

AKA:

The Sign of Leo

Country:

France

Languages:

English, French, Italian
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Le Signe du lion

1962
Drama
1h 43m
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djrossdjross
Rated 31 May 2019
65
71st
The concerns with ethics and more directly (here) with fate and chance can't compare to the director's later work, but this does really succeed in giving a feeling of how quickly it is possible to slide into destitution...and of Paris as a prison of stone. Incidentally, the writer credited with the dialogue, Paul Gégauff, who mainly worked with Chabrol, was on Christmas Eve 1983 stabbed to death by his young wife Coco Ducados, who had five years earlier played a small role in Rohmer's PERCEVAL.
Rated 31 May 2019
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 04 May 2008
86
84th
A really good first outing from Rohmer. It's a little less dialogue heavy than his later work and the main character isn't really likable, but on the whole it still has that incisive look at human relationships that I like him for. Although a bit rough at times it has a lot of good shots of Paris and and is quite enjoyable.
Rated 04 May 2008
metismetis
Rated 06 Aug 2021
65
32nd
6?
Rated 06 Aug 2021
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 07 Feb 2021
78
70th
t's remarkable how much better Rohmer first feature is compared to his short. A very good character study about a man's decline in poverty. It's much more Nouvelle Vague than his later output. It has the lively spirit of Nouvelle Vague films that keeps it from being depressing despite its subject. It also has a nice realism. It's great use of locations reminded me of Varda's debut. The final act was a bit too fabricated ironic for my taste, dragging the film down a bit.
Rated 07 Feb 2021
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 30 Sep 2019
70
44th
Rohmer é mesmo o cineasta mais insuportável da Nouvelle Vague, não me entenda mal, de modo algum seus filmes são ruins, mas raramente é possível se conectar sentimentalmente ou intelectualmente aos seus personagens masculinos, aqui emulando uma certa tendência neorrealista, mas sem o carisma dos diretores italianos, as coisas só pegam no tranco com a entrada do mendigo ao final do filme que finalmente coloca gás a uma história que já vinha se arrastando há mais de uma hora. BlurayRip
Rated 30 Sep 2019
theyshoot11theyshoot11
Rated 02 Dec 2011
50
0th
#994
Rated 02 Dec 2011
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 30 Apr 2011
76
83rd
A Nouvelle Vague fim that prefers discretion, this early Rohmer work, divided in three acts, connects arresting moments of everyday comedy -- remarks on ordinary things -- with an understated look on Paris.
Rated 30 Apr 2011
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 26 Jan 2011
84
81st
More New Wave-y than his usual naturalistic style. It reminded me of early Malle. I felt a kinship for Pierre, despite finding him not very sympathetic. You feel for him as his situation becomes more desperate. The middle section is particularly engrossing, with some really fantastic location work and a performance from Jess Hahn that never lowers itself to the showboating it would be in lesser hands. I could have done without the little ironic moments, which threaten to cheapen the whole thing.
Rated 26 Jan 2011
theyshoot10theyshoot10
Rated 15 Jan 2010
53
6th
936
Rated 15 Jan 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 21 Apr 2009
82
92nd
Nice Movie
Rated 21 Apr 2009
theyshoot08theyshoot08
Rated 19 Dec 2008
53
6th
939
Rated 19 Dec 2008
theyshoot07theyshoot07
Rated 02 Mar 2008
50
20th
# 993
Rated 02 Mar 2008

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