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French Postcards
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Wikipedia article
'French Postcards' is a 1979 romantic-comedy film starring Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valrie Quennessen, Debra Winger, Mandy Patinkin, Marie-France Pisier and Jean Rochefort. The film is a comic, coming-of-age tale co-written by 'American Graffiti' screenwriters Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck. Huyck also directs. The film was made on location in central Paris, and had a contemporary time setting, with American students being used as extras.
Plot
A group of American exchange students spend a year studying in Paris at a fictional "Institute of French Studies", run by Madame Catherine Tessier and her husband Monsieur Tessier. Student Laura spends much of her time alone, visiting museums and art galleries and regularly sending postcards to her boyfriend back home who declined the opportunity to join her. Alex's interests are not so much in studying but more in love and life in Paris, and he becomes involved in a tryst with his teacher and the Institute's co-director Madame Tessier. Joel struggles with indecisiveness, which complicates matters when he falls in love with Toni, a local bookstore employee.
Cast
* Miles Chapin as Joel
* Blanche Baker as Laura
* David Marshall Grant as Alex
* Valrie Quennessen as Toni
* Debra Winger as Melanie
* Mandy Patinkin as Sayyid
* Marie-France Pisier as Madame Catherine Tessier
* Jean Rochefort as Monsieur Tessier
* Lynn Carlin as Mrs. Weber
* George Coe as Mr. Weber
* Christophe Bourseiller as Pascal
* Francois Lalande as Monsieur Levert
* Anmone as Christine
* Veronique Jannot as Malsy
* Marie-Anne Chazel as Cecile
* Laurence Ligneres as Madame Levert
* Andre Penvern as Jean-Louis
Reception
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