Luc Moullet, original member of the French New Wave and long-time Cahiers     du Cinema critic, directed these two idiosyncratic comedies with a modern     eye and an absurdist wit. In Brigitte and Brigitte, the titular heroine  s meet by chance and move to Paris together, where they enroll at the Sorbonne   and take crash courses in cinephilia. Costarring roles and amusing cameos by   famous directors (Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Andre Techine, and Sam Fuller)  only add to the film's charm. Up and Down, partly inspired by Dadaist      playwright Alfred Jarry's The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle       Race, follows a group of cyclists as they struggle up the winding slopes of the Alps. Some cheat, some conduct business, and one even wears a tutu!        "Moullet's films are a mixture of Monty Python and Mike Leigh" (Sight &       Sound). In French with English subtitles.                                   Luc Moullet---France---1966/1992---156 mins.

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  Release Date: 01/30/2007