French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity

by Phil Powrie

French film in the 1980s might have lacked the invention of the New Wave but gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume-dramas such as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources brought French cinema to a wider audience than ever before.

This landmark study is not merely a history of French film in the 1980s, but offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198711190
• ISBN13: 9780198711193
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"