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RUNTIME
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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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La poupée rouge
1970 1h 20m FR
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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In an undetermined time and place, where civil war is raging, two young girls, Agnès fanatic of revolutionary ideology and soft and carefree Pop, weather the storm by constantly opposing each other...
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Aude Olivier
Angès
Gaëtane Lorre
Pop
André Oumansky
Sébastien
Roland Ménard
The uncle
François Guilloteau
François
Bernadette Robert
Guy Heron
Alain Riou
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Francis Leroi
- Writers
- Francis Leroi
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Francis Leroi directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Aude Olivier and Gaëtane Lorre and André Oumansky carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0262701 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 80 min · 1h 20m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Francis Leroi
Production companies
Who made it
- DO
Dovidis
FR
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1969-05-20· Cannes Directors' Fortnight
- Theatrical1970-01-07
