initial revelation of Paris 'with its warts'
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12/09/09
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:10
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A romantic "boy-meets-girl" drama with historical significance as the first French film with sound and the first screen musical.
Starring: Albert Prejean, Pola Illery, Gaston Modot, Edmond T. Greville
Director: René Clair
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03/26/09
Top CriticCompared to his contemporaries Jean Renoir and Jean Vigo, Clair was a minor talent, though both of these films do contain innovative uses of sound mixed with silent film.
01/10/08
Like a good wine, there's a bouquet preserved here, a joyously French 'April in Paris with Chevalier and a beret' spirit accented by antiquarian Parisian scenes from c. 1929, never mind that they were studio-bound.
04/05/06
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01/28/06
Top CriticPioneering French musical, with a brilliant opening about street singers.
08/13/05
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06/13/05
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08/25/04
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05/28/04
A funny and sweet romantic tug-of-war.
01/01/04
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07/18/03
Clair seriously hurt the movie when he re-edited it 20 years later by deleting the opening scene.
01/15/03
strikes an amazing balance between the gritty and the transcendental
10/13/02
There's little to be gleaned from a plot that had already become tired 70 years ago.
09/07/02
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