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France Soir 1955
"A young film-maker produces an earth-shattering documentary about the housing crisis." République du Centre 1957
"When the bricks themselves start to cry out!" Le Monde Ouvrier
Hurry to see this accursed short which no French distributor has dared take on so as not to ruffle the feathers of even the most petty government official in his circle. For this public health film is about the insalubrious conditions in which a good half of the French population actually live. Never before has a document been as officially subversive: the commentary is taken from excerpts from the Official Gazette. This powerful plea by the young film-maker Dewever is a credit to French cinema! This overwhelming film won the Prix Lumière, and rightly so. Jeander
le Canard Enchainé 1957 "Jean Dewever attacks and leaves the viewer's conscience somewhat gasping for breath. I can tell him, if he doesn't already know, that a fairly important political figure took offence at his film and was flabbergasted that it hadn't been banned. That's most definitely a recommendation, because it can be translated by a single word: touché! 'La crise du logement' doesn't play on sentimentality, it is a hard-hitting plea (...) Dewever's film is shocking because it lays the leper bare. And then, again, because as a fully-fledged satirical tract, after pointing the finger at those responsible, or, more accurately, pointing out the threat with a few awful faces, awful because they are simply captured in a queue. This might translate as: 'Here are the people who'll be out to get you, if you fail to understand'. You can understand why some of those responsible would get goosebumps and shriek, as they've already been skinned alive." R.M. Arlaud.
Combat 1957
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Paula Biche Nom sempre o cinema é um negócio de coragem O Seculo
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Original | IS PARIS BURNING ? " "
PARIS BRULE-T-IL ? " DOMINIQUE LA PIERRE LARRY COLLINS Wednesday, 16 August 1978 The Manager Dear Sir, I am a longstanding Elysées-Lincoln filmgoer and have on many occasions
been highly appreciative of your excellent programmes. I am delighted
to have seen only recently that vintage Hitchcock film, "Young and Innocent". Dominique Lapierre In a courtyard in the Rue des Amandiers (20th arrondissement, Paris), one WC for a hundred homes
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