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Bookmark this pageThe Frog Prince (1984)
Director: Brian Gilbert
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From Time Out Film Guide
Paris, 1960: a wicked city where English ingénue Snowden, sent to polish her French, acquires a sentimental education, fending off lecherous frogs with varying degrees of Gallic smarm. The film, with David Puttnam as executive producer, has a nostalgic Film on Four blandness about it, although Posy Simmonds' semi-autobiographical screenplay adds a little spice with its sharp ear for dialogue and its broadly farcical slant, indulging much humour at the expense of those funny French.Author: SJo
Cast & crew
Director: Brian Gilbert
Producer: Iain Smith
Cast: Jane Snowden, Alexandre Sterling, Jacqueline Doyen, Raoul Delfosse, Jeanne Herviale, Françoise Brion full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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