Directed by Sacha Guitry • 1937 • France
Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director's real-life wife, Jacqueline Delubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree class farce filled with memorable supporting characters, Désiré blurs the distinction between upstairs and downstairs.
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Quadrille
Directed by Sacha Guitry • 1938 • France
A sparkling four-way affair overflowing with dialogue that showcases writer-director Sacha Guitry's wit, Quadrille stars Guitry as a magazine editor whose longtime girlfriend, to whom he plans to finally propose, is uncontrollably drawn to a handsome Am...
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La poison
Directed by Sacha Guitry • 1951 • France
Starring Michel Simon, Germaine Reuver, Jean DebucourtThe writer, actor, and director Sacha Guitry emerged from the theater to become one of France’s best-known and most inventive filmmakers, and LA POISON marked his first major collaboration with anothe...
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Olivier Assayas on Sacha Guitry
Olivier Assayas sings the praises of an underrated French filmmaker.
