French Postcards
5.8
“American students go to Paris...The less they study the more they learn.”
French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-English dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artist's life, and look for grown-up love. The French tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Jean Rochefort is the harassed headmaster with a hankering for affairs, and Marie-France Pisier is his very sexy wife. Watch for a newcomer named Debra Winger, and another-Mandy Patinkin.
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Cast
27 people
David Marshall Grant
Alex
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
Death and Other Details
Miles Chapin
Joel
Known for
The People vs. Larry Flynt
The Funhouse
Valérie Quennessen
Toni
Known for
Conan the Barbarian
Summer Lovers
Debra Winger
Melanie
Known for
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Ranch
Marie-France Pisier
Madame Tessier
Known for
Ace of Aces
Antoine and Colette
Jean Rochefort
Monsieur Tessier
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Count of Monte Cristo
Blanche Baker
Laura
Known for
Sixteen Candles
Holocaust
Lynn Carlin
Mrs. Weber
Known for
Taking Off
Dead of Night
George Coe
Mr. Weber
Known for
Kramer vs. Kramer
Archer
Mandy Patinkin
Sayyid
Known for
Homeland
The Princess Bride
Christophe Bourseiller
Pascal
Known for
P.R.O.F.S.
The Married Woman
François Lalande
Monsieur Levert
Known for
The Visitors
Dangerous Liaisons
Willard Huyck Director · Gloria Katz Writer Lee Holdridge Composer
United States release October 19, 1979 · Produced in France, Germany, United States · Languages English, French
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
NF Geria II Filmgesellschaft m.b.H.
Production
France · Germany · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · October 19, 1979
Theatrical
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