Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray (1962)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Serge Bourguignon

Writers:

Serge Bourguignon (scenario) and
Antoine Tudal (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

23 November 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After killing a child on a routine bombing mission in Vietnam, Pierre suffers from delayed stress and partial amnesia...

Plot Keywords:

Amnesia | Girl Man Relationship | Innocence | Betrayal | Waif

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Hardy Krüger	...	Pierre
Nicole Courcel	...	Madeleine
Patricia Gozzi	...	Françoise / Cybèle
Daniel Ivernel	...	Carlos
André Oumansky	...	Bernard
Anne-Marie Coffinet	...	Françoise II
René Clermont	...	Le facteur
Malka Ribowska	...	La voyante (as Malka Ribovska)
Michel de Ré	...	Fiacre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
France Anglade	...	Lulu
Florence Blot
Serge Bourguignon	...	Le cavalier
Alain Bouvette	...	L'employé de gare
Renée Duchateau	...	L'épicière
Gilbert Edard	...	Le père
Martine Ferrière	...	Une mère
Maurice Garrel	...	Le policier
Albert Hugues	...	Le patron du café
Lisette Lebon	...	Monique
Jocelyne Loiseau	...	Soeur Marie des Anges
Denise Péron	...	Soeur Opportune
Jacques Robiolles	...	Un forain
Bibiane Stern	...	Carmela
Antoine Tudal	...	Le peintre

Directed by
Serge Bourguignon

Writing credits
Serge Bourguignon		(scenario) and
Antoine Tudal		(scenario)
Bernard Eschassériaux		(novel)
Serge Bourguignon		(dialogue) and
Bernard Eschassériaux		(dialogue)

Produced by
Gérard Ducaux-Rupp	....	associate producer
Raymond Froment	....	associate producer
Romain Pinès	....	producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Henri Decaë

Film Editing by
Léonide Azar

Production Design by
Bernard Evein

Costume Design by
Marie-Claude Fouquet
Jacques Heim		(dresses)

Production Management
Eric Geiger	....	production manager
Jacques Plante	....	production supervisor (as Jacques Planté)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roberto Bodegas	....	second assistant director
Christian de Chalonge	....	second assistant director
Georges Lussan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Marc Frédérix	....	assistant art director
Gilbert Margerie	....	assistant art director
Charles Merangel	....	property master

Sound Department
Jean Nény	....	sound
Robert Teisseire	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Foucard	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Madeleine Bibollet	....	assistant editor
Pierre Fattori	....	assistant editor
Anne Meunier	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Colette Crochot	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Fidès
• Les Films Trocadero
• Orsay Films
• Terra Film Produktion

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1963) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Davis-Royal (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Connoisseur Video

Special Effects

• LAX Lab.

Other Companies

• Erato Records  music source
• Manhattan Music  music publishing
• Studios de Billancourt  auditorium
• Vogue Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Cybèle ou les dimanches de ville d'Avray
Cybele
Sundays and Cybele

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Fidès

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Adaggio, for Organ and Orchestra

I would go into a burning building to save this rare masterpiece.

Just remembered the title: "Sunday and Cybel".

This film had a major haunting impact upon my life.(Boston 1962)

What a beautiful story and "Sunday and Cybel" needs to be preserved on DVD.

The childlike trust, and human bond that develops between two "wounded human beings" without a hint of inappropriate sexuality, needs to be seen again and again.

I was deeply pleased, that others have found this film as lovely as I did. It warms my heart to see others recognize such tender humanity between a child and an adult.

"David and Lisa" has a similar sense of love between damaged Souls, out of darkness into the light of emotional "healing".

Being a family psychotherapist, only restores my faith in the psyche to find love in a cruel world of distrusting authorities who only know how to kill flies with hammers, and destroy people they do not understand.

Bravo to the perfect cast, direct and writers, with brilliant cinematographer, to enrich the story into a rare masterpiece. VSS