In the French Style
A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.
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"Usually not my cup of tea, films strictly from female perspective about female lives, but I enjoyed this intimate and modest portrait of a American woman living in France, trying to make a living and to have fun at the same time. While I was happy it was not at all sentimental, I did find the story shallow and conventional, a bit like chick-lit in modern literature (a woman enjoying success and going out with non-existing charismatic and well behaved men). But the actors were convincing. Seberg of course is perfect for this part, like when she says smiling: 'Trying to impress him with ho..."
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This was the first and only feature film to be produced by the eminent writer Irwin Shaw (although he later produced a documentary film). Shaw had expressed loud and frequent dissatisfaction with earlier films based on his work (although the then-anonymous critic of "Time" magazine accused him of "crying into his champagne"), and decided that this screenplay, which he had adapted from two of his own short stories, would be protected if he produced the film himself, with his close friend Robert Parrish directing. The film was well-received by critics - though not the "Time" writer, who said that, if Shaw carried on like this, he would soon be "crying into his beer".
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A young American art student must decide whether to stay in Paris with her boyfriend or go back to the U.S. when her wealthy father arrives to bring her back.