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Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle (Film Analysis)

Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle (Film Analysis)

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978280627982824EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful study guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle. It provides a thorough exploration of the its plot, characters and main themes, including childhood and growing up. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 23-page study guide is structured as follows: Biography of Louis Malle Presentation of Zazie in the Metro Fact sheet of Zazie in the Metro From novel to film Two closely linked works A novel that lends itself to a film adaptation The significance of the city of Paris The film-making methods used in the work Thematic approach of Zazie in the Metro The representation of childhood The flamboyant characters The theme of appearance and identity French society in the late 1950s About Zazie in the Metro The novel Zazie in the Metro was first published in 1959, and the firm version followed a year later. Both versions tell the story of 10-year old Zazie Lalochère, who comes to Paris to see her mother. However, her mother has a new lover and decides to get rid of Zazie by leaving her with the girl's uncle Gabriel. The title of the film was chosen because Zazie dreams of riding the metro. In the end, her dream is never realized, but she returns home with the impression that she has grown up during the trip. About Louis Malle Louis Malle was a 20th-century French film director who made films in both French and English. He was born in 1932 into a wealthy industrialist family in the north of France. When he was young, his school was raided by Gestapo soldiers, who rounded up three Jewish students and a teacher and sent them to Auschwitz. This tramautic experience would later serve as the inspiration for his autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants. Many of Malle's films tackle difficult or downright taboo subjects, such as suicide and incest. His work is also occasionally linked with the nouvelle vague movement. He died in 1995 of lymphoma.This practical and insightful study guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle. It provides a thorough exploration of the its plot, characters and main themes, including childhood and growing up. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 23-page study guide is structured as follows: Biography of Louis Malle Presentation of Zazie in the Metro Fact sheet of Zazie in the Metro From novel to film Two closely linked works A novel that lends itself to a film adaptation The significance of the city of Paris The film-making methods used in the work Thematic approach of Zazie in the Metro The representation of childhood The flamboyant characters The theme of appearance and identity French society in the late 1950s About Zazie in the Metro The novel Zazie in the Metro was first published in 1959, and the firm version followed a year later. Both versions tell the story of 10-year old Zazie Lalochère, who comes to Paris to see her mother. However, her mother has a new lover and decides to get rid of Zazie by leaving her with the girl's uncle Gabriel. The title of the film was chosen because Zazie dreams of riding the metro. In the end, her dream is never realized, but she returns home with the impression that she has grown up during the trip. About Louis Malle Louis Malle was a 20th-century French film director who made films in both French and English. He was born in 1932 into a wealthy industrialist family in the north of France. When he was young, his school was raided by Gestapo soldiers, who rounded up three Jewish students and a teacher and sent them to Auschwitz. This tramautic experience would later serve as the inspiration for his autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants. Many of Malle's films tackle difficult or downright taboo subjects, such as suicide and incest. His work is also occasionally linked with the nouvelle vague movement. He died in 1995 of lymphoma.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful study guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle. It provides a thorough exploration of the its plot, characters and main themes, including childhood and growing up. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 23-page study guide is structured as follows:...
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This practical and insightful study guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Zazie in the Metro by Louis Malle. It provides a thorough exploration of the its plot, characters and main themes, including childhood and growing up. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 23-page study guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Louis Malle
  • Presentation of Zazie in the Metro
  • Fact sheet of Zazie in the Metro
  • From novel to film
    • Two closely linked works
    • A novel that lends itself to a film adaptation
    • The significance of the city of Paris
    • The film-making methods used in the work
  • Thematic approach of Zazie in the Metro
    • The representation of childhood
    • The flamboyant characters
    • The theme of appearance and identity
    • French society in the late 1950s

About Zazie in the Metro

The novel Zazie in the Metro was first published in 1959, and the firm version followed a year later. Both versions tell the story of 10-year old Zazie Lalochère, who comes to Paris to see her mother. However, her mother has a new lover and decides to get rid of Zazie by leaving her with the girl’s uncle Gabriel.

The title of the film was chosen because Zazie dreams of riding the metro. In the end, her dream is never realized, but she returns home with the impression that she has grown up during the trip.

About Louis Malle

Louis Malle was a 20th-century French film director who made films in both French and English. He was born in 1932 into a wealthy industrialist family in the north of France. When he was young, his school was raided by Gestapo soldiers, who rounded up three Jewish students and a teacher and sent them to Auschwitz. This tramautic experience would later serve as the inspiration for his autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants.

Many of Malle’s films tackle difficult or downright taboo subjects, such as suicide and incest. His work is also occasionally linked with the nouvelle vague movement. He died in 1995 of lymphoma.

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