Zazie Dans Le Metro (The Criterion Collection) Blu-Ray]

Description

A brash and precocious eleven-year-old (catherine Demongeot) comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle (iLa Pointe courtes/i, Philippe Noiret); he and the viewer get more than they bargained for in this anarchic comedy from Louis Malle (iMurmur of the Heart/i, iMy Dinner with Andre/i), which treats the city of Light as though it were a pleasure island just waiting to be destroyed. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, Malles audacious hit Zazie dans le metro is a bit of stream-of-conscious slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects, and made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave.