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contents Acknowledgments ix I N T R O D U C T I O N The Contemporary French Film Ecosystem 1 C H A P T E R O N E 5x1 Young Cinema and First-Timers 15 C H A P T E R T W O The Cinéma du Corps 57 C H A P T E R T H R E E Popular Cinema, Pop-Art Cinema 95 C H A P T E R F O U R Feminine Cinema 151 C O N C L U S I O N Instructive Cinephilia Film Literacy and la Fémis 195 A P P E N D I X “The 156 Films That You Must Have Seen” The List 217 Notes 223 Select Filmography 245 Select Bibliography 259 Index 265 This page intentionally left blank ...

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