Andr? Michaud, André Michaud, Germaine Aussey

One of the all-time great comedy classics, Rene Clair's A Nous la Liberte is a skillful satire of the industrial revolution and the blind quest for wealth. Deftly integrating lighthearted wit with poi...( read more  read more... )nted social criticism, Clair tells the story of an escaped convict who becomes a wealthy industrialist. But when his past returns to upset his carefully laid plans, he and his old cellmate take to the road as tramps.

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Unrated, 97 min

Directed by: René Clair

Release Date: December 31, 1931

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DVD Release Date: August 20, 2002

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  • July 4, 2007
    A very fun little gem. It's very clasically cute, with all its slapstick and its musicalization. The story is a critical comparison of a prison and a factory! Chaplin drew inspiration from it for Modern Times. It isn't a must see but it's one of those movies that can be appreciat...( read more)ed for their simplicity, their wit and their charm.
  • March 7, 2009
    Two convicts plot escape while they labour like Trojans in the prison workshop, mechanistically assembling wooden horses. Only one will manage to scale the walls, but he will go on to found a commercial empire, establishing himself as a major gramophone manufacturer. Years later,...( read more) the second convict again crosses his path - he does so after having been coerced into becoming an employee, labouring in the factory, slavishly following the pace of the conveyor belt as he makes his small contribution to the assembly of gramophones. But he's not the only one to uncover the industrialist's past.

    Rene Clair uses music, satire, and slapstick comedy to hammer home his commentary on the dehumanising effects of industrialisation. Released in 1931, it pays lavish tribute to Chaplin, Keaton, the Keystone Cops, and the comedy of the recently passed silent era. A big hit in its day, Clair's film would prove inspirational - Chaplin's 1936 "Modern Times" is based upon it.

    The DVD provides an excellent black and white transfer and good sound quality - if a little quiet in places. Though dated in its style and simplistic in its political analysis, this remains a significant classic of European cinema which continues to entertain and amuse.
  • November 22, 2008
    bitmek bilmeyen bir film, klasik mi klasik o na bir ?ey dedi?imiz yok.
  • July 3, 2008
    want to see this because it won best foreign film with the NBR
  • June 19, 2008
    Truly amazingly well-written lampoon. Search for it if you're into that kind of thing.
  • February 23, 2008
    A little harder to follow than "Modern Times" but much the same story. Did we really make it to the "future?"
  • December 21, 2007
    A song of freedom in Cellulid!
    One of the main icon of the frenc art ims golden age!
  • November 7, 2007
    It sounds familiar; Imight have seen it when I was very young

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