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Word: tignant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...done in when the plot is only half unraveled. Preternaturally sensitive to the supreme folly of being human, Simone (Mme. Montand in private life) plays a third-rate actress who mocks herself as "an overripe hag out for a good time" with a young student (Jean-Louis Trin-tignant). She feels guilty about nothing until she has to confess that even a woman of distinction must sometimes travel in a crowded second-class compartment to save money. As another hunted passenger, Catherine Allegret (Signoret's daughter and lookalike) portrays a bumbling young innocent without seeming too defenseless about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mortality Plays | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

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