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Sundays and Cybele

1962
Drama
1h 51m
After killing a child on a routine bombing mission in Vietnam, Pierre suffers from delayed stress and partial amnesia. Returning to France, he lives like a vegetable until he meets a young girl who has been dumped by her father at a boarding school. Posing as her father, Pierre contrives to meet the girl every Sunday, to play with her and perhaps recover his memory. The innocent friendship is misread by nearly everyone, even people who know Pierre well. A classic of old French art films. (imdb)
Directed by:
Serge Bourguignon
Written by:
Serge Bourguignon Antoine Tudal
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Starring:
Hardy Krüger Hardy Krüger Daniel Ivernel André Oumansky Nicole Courcel Patricia Gozzi Anne-Marie Coffinet
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Genre:
Drama
Country:
France
Language:
French
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Sundays and Cybele

1962
Drama
1h 51m
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peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 09 May 2011
90
94th
Really touching and bittersweet. It wouldn't hurt the film to have more depth, but the superficial nature meshes well with the weighty innocence of its lead characters, so it's not much of an issue.
Rated 09 May 2011
brrrpbrrrp
Rated 19 Feb 2024
70
63rd
It's a nice movie that gets a little carried away with itself towards the end.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
antaresAntares
Rated 21 Jun 2012
90
96th
While I was watching this, I kept thinking about another film from 1962 that dealt with a relationship between a man and a young girl, Lolita. But while that story was more smarmy and lecherous, Sundays and Cybele takes it down a different path. Pierre and Cybele are fractured souls, both in need of the tonic that their friendship and love brings. Looking at this film today, can be a little unsettling at times, but when taken in the context of how it is made, the film works most beautifully.
Rated 21 Jun 2012
akatemossfanAKateMossFan
Rated 22 Mar 2023
100
98th
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 23 Jan 2022
80
64th
Em honra de Hardy-Krüger (1928 - 2022). https://letterboxd.com/ladyspiggott/film/sundays-and-cybele/
Rated 23 Jan 2022
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 22 Mar 2020
85
84th
A thoroughly bittersweet story about protecting and reclaiming innocence. About purity breaking convention, and the mysterious small worlds created in love. The camera here is always spontaneous, exciting. Save for the abrupt ending, I thought this was great.
Rated 22 Mar 2020
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 04 Nov 2009
58
48th
A platonic, less sensational "Lolita" (apart from the overboard ending). An alright movie altogether, but has flaws: The ending as I mentioned; it's pretty blunt, lacking in subtlety; some of the characters are flat, from the simply lovestruck Francoise to Carlos and his wife neatly divided on Pierre's relationship and resembling two "angles" more so than fleshed-out personas; perhaps detrimental of all is the lukewarm acting. Still it's a pleasant and engaging film to watch.
Rated 04 Nov 2009
auhasarderikauhasarderik
Rated 22 Oct 2017
7
61st
Decae, Jarre, beautiful contrived ending.
Rated 22 Oct 2017

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