{"product_id":"le-joli-mai-the-lovely-month-of-may-blu-ray","title":"Le Joli Mai (The Lovely Month of May) Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A far-reaching meditation on the relationship between individual and society\" (Film Comment), LE JOLI MAI is a portrait of Paris and Parisians shot during May 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a film with several thousand actors, including a poet, a student, an owl, a housewife, a stockbroker, a competitive dancer, two lovers, General de Gaulle, and several cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFilmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, LE JOLI MAI documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart I, \"A Prayer from the Eiffel Tower,\" documents personal attitudes and feelings around Paris. A salesman feels free only when he is driving his car, and then only if there is not too much traffic. A working-class mother of eight has just gotten the larger apartment that she had been wanting for years. The space capsule of American astronaut John Glenn is examined by a group of admiring children. Two investors talk about their careers and adventures. A couple in love since their teens discuss the possibility of eternal happiness. At a middle class wedding banquet, the guests are raucous while the bride is quiet, dignified and reserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart II, \"The Return of Fantomas,\" is an investigation of the political and social life of the city. Marker and Lhomme alternate between public events and private discussions: the former focusing on the Algerian situation, such as a funeral for people killed in Paris street demonstrations after the Algerian settlement. Meanwhile, the latter includes a conversation with two girls about the state of France; a meeting with a pair of engineers who describe the potential of the current technological revolution; an African student who discusses his own response to the French and the Parisians' reaction to his skin color; a worker-priest forced to choose between the Church and his fellow workers; and an Algerian worker describing conflict he has experienced with native Frenchmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe film ends with sweeping views of Paris, the facades of its prisons, and the faces of its people as they struggle to make sense of their moment in history.- Playtime in Paris, directed by Catherine Varlin (1962, 27 mins)\u003cbr\u003e\n- Interview with Pierre Lhomme (2015, 20 mins)\u003cbr\u003e\n- 16-page booklet\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OCN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46288055304277,"sku":"VINIC011","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3032\/6613\/files\/IC011_LeJoliMai_cover.jpg?v=1791315402","url":"https:\/\/cinemacellar.com\/fr\/products\/le-joli-mai-the-lovely-month-of-may-blu-ray","provider":"Cinema Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}