Sundays with Sybill
| Movie | |
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| German title | Sundays with Sybill |
| Original title | Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Serge Bourguignon |
| script | Serge Bourguignon, Antoine Tudal |
| production | Romain Pinès |
| music | Maurice Jarre |
| camera | Henri Decaë |
| cut | Léonide Azar |
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Sundays with Sybill (originally Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray ) is a French drama directed by Serge Bourguignon from 1962. The screenplay is based on a novel by Bernard Eschassériaux . The premiere in Germany took place on March 1, 1963.
action
The Vietnam veteran Pierre is a semi-invalid. He blames himself for the death of a Vietnamese child who died in an emergency landing that Pierre had to make with his bomber. Only romantic feelings connect him with his girlfriend Madeleine, a nurse. Pierre meets 12-year-old Sybill. The girl is going to an orphanage. Pierre pretends to be her father, so she can always leave the home for a short time. Pierre spends his Sundays with Sybill for months.
A doctor, who is in love with the nurse, discovers the relationship between Pierre and Sybill, but interprets it as a sexual relationship. He notifies the police, who also misunderstand the couple.
On one of the Sundays Sybill made a joke that Pierre should fetch her the weathercock from the roof of the church near the orphanage. When Pierre can't find a Christmas present for Sybill, he remembers the joke. The ex-pilot has the nerve and climbs the 100 meter high church tower. He removes the metal tap with a knife and takes it to the girl. At that moment the police come. The officers see Pierre in front of the girl, knife in hand, and shoot him.
Reviews
“The former documentarist Bourguignon, born in 1928, has cleaned the literary source of all Lolita motifs and stylized it into a fairytale story of friendship. His romantic feature film debut fascinates with an individual will to style. "
“An unusually poetic film in terms of fable and imagery, which, however, plays off the pure realm of fantasy against a dull everyday life in a questionable way. Possible from 16. "
Awards
- Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film
- Nominations in the categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Music
Golden Globe 1963
- Nomination for the Samuel Goldwyn Award
background
This is the fourth of seven directorial works by Serge Bourguignon, who also played a minor supporting role as a gallant gentleman in the film. Co-author Antoine Tudal can also be seen in a role as a painter.
Soundtrack
- Organ Concerto No. 6 by Georg Friedrich Handel
- Adagio for organ and orchestra by Tomaso Albinoni
- Ancient ways and dances by Ottorino Respighi
- Christmas oratorio by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Web links
- Sundays with Sybill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Criticism in the Variety (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sundays with Sybill. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 150/1963