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>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:23:42 -0700
>From: Peter Lafford <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5551.1 searching for two French films (!)
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"    <[log in to unmask]>

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1. La Belle Américaine 
Une avalanche de gags , un rythme soutenu , une pléiade d'acteurs connus (
Jean lefebvre , Jean Carmet , Michel Serrault , Jacques Legat , Claude
Pieplu ... )
Un riche industriel lègue à sa secrétaire une voiture somptueuse . Furieuse
, sa veuve préfère vendre cette " belle américaine " pour presque rien à
Marcel , un modeste ouvrier . Pour Marcel , c'est l'affaire de sa vie !
Laquelle va être bouleversée ... de façon surprenante ! 
http://www.first-shop.com/  (a French site... don't know if they ship
overseas, and be aware of the PAL/SECAM/NTSC issue.)

2. Are you talking about Luis Bunuel's "La Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie"
(The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) (1972)
http://members.aol.com/CBIur21/BOHILTSWALI.html
Not sure of a source...
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I am trying to locate two French films from several years ago, both
comedies. Unfortunately the info I have is sketchy.

1) "La belle américaine" which is from the early 1960s.  It features a
1959 oldsmobile convertible (the title role).

2)"Secret games of the bourgeoisie" (I only have the English title).  It
came out in 1972.

If anyone can supply any information about either of these films
(including if they exist on video, and where I might obtain them) I
would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Nicole

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Nicole Francine Minnick
Lecturer in French
Department of French & Italian
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
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