Le sourire

1960
21m

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In the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -- 'Le Sourire' won the Palm d'... Read allIn the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -- 'Le Sourire' won the Palm d'Or for Best Short Film in 1960. This quiet and intelligent film is a remarkable interpreta... Read allIn the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -- 'Le Sourire' won the Palm d'Or for Best Short Film in 1960. This quiet and intelligent film is a remarkable interpretation of a young monks perspective into a world of meditation, sacred geometry, and coming ... Read all

Director
- Serge Bourguignon
Writers
- Serge Bourguignon
- Claude Roy
Stars
- Jean Négroni
- Michel Bouquet

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7.6/10

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Director
- Serge Bourguignon
Writers
- Serge Bourguignon
- Claude Roy
Stars
- Jean Négroni
- Michel Bouquet

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Jean Négroni

Récitant
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Michel Bouquet

Récitant (Commentaires bouddhique)
(voice)

Director
- Serge Bourguignon
Writers
- Serge Bourguignon
- Claude Roy
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This quiet and intelligent film is a remarkable interpretation of a young monk's perspective into a world of meditation, sacred geometry, and coming of age. A tribute to Buddhism, introspection and the wonders of nature.

Serge Bourguignon, a few years before "Sundays and Cybele", presents a story of Buddhist monks, and provides some interesting framing with the monk, branch and tree, as well as just a brief glimpse of a world few of us will ever experience directly. Where this was filmed is unclear, but seems to be not far from Vietnam, a world Bourguignon would return to.

The music, from Georges Delerue, is quite distinct and will strike viewers immediately. Delerue may not be a well-known name, but even American audiences have probably heard his work in such films as "Platoon" (1986) and "Twins" (1988).