Sylvia And The Phantom / Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)

Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Writers: Alfred Adam (play), Jean Aurenche (adaptation)
Stars: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey

With this film, conceived during the occupation and released after the war, Claude Autant-Lara entered the realm of pure fantasy. Odette Joyeux stars as Sylvie, in love with a long-dead romantic figure from her family’s past. Sylvie’s father hires three actors to impersonate the ghost of her beloved, while the spirit himself (Jacques Tati, in his first feature-film role) stalks the grounds. Marrying a playful script, artful special effects, and wistful performances, Sylvie et le fantôme stages a delicate dance of enchantment.

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Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autant-Lara—Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France:
- Le mariage de Chiffon (Claude Autant-Lara, 1942)
- Lettres d’amour (Claude Autant-Lara, 1942)
- Douce (Claude Autant-Lara, 1943)
- Sylvie et le fantôme (Claude Autant-Lara, 1946)




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