A quizzical stare from L'Acquart G et M, there; her natural expressiveness having no doubt been honed to a sharp edge by all that theatre work.
I'm sure Edgar H knows just what a treasure he has, and it's about time
la Reine Jeune had a major lead again!
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Owen, your English subs for A7J are excellent. I can't watch it very often but they really helped my appreciation of this very worthy [if terribly sad] short film; Acquart's second major project, at about 17, I think. Already, a scant two years later, she is so different from the gamine Marie, she is a young woman.
But! In the meeting on the steps, Pauline and the other girl's banter and singing - I always thought there was something highly
risqué in that other girl's version of 'Laissez tomber les filles'...
un jour c'est ta con rentera, was it? It cracks Pauline up, anyway

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