France

Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier, Annie Fratellini

93 min

1960-10-28

A brash and precocious ten-year-old arrives to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her uncle. The viewer and he have more than they bargained for, but in this comedy from Louis Malle, which rides roughshod across the Town of Light. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau who had been contemplated unadaptable, Malle's daring Zazie dans le Métro, made with flair to the cusp of the French New Wave, is a little bit of streamofconsciousness slap stick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks, and effects.