Zouzou

1934 [FRENCH]

Crime / Musical / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 756 756

paris, france love triangle circus aspiring singer murder false accusations

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Plot summary

Aspiring stage actress Zou Zou tries to help her childhood friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murder.

Director

Marc Allégret Photo
Marc Allégret

Top cast

Yvette Lebon Photo
Yvette Lebon as Claire
Robert Seller Photo
Robert Seller as Le commanditaire
Josephine Baker Photo
Josephine Baker as Zouzou
Philippe Richard Photo
Philippe Richard as Le commissaire de police
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Circus children raised as siblings grow up with

Circus children raised as siblings grow up with the girl falling in love with her adoptive brother, and the brother becoming accused of murder. Josephine Baker movie that finally doesn't portray her as a primitive and focuses on her singing.
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

Zouzou feels like a French version of a

Zouzou feels like a French version of a pre-code Hollywood film, though I don't believe French filmmakers ever had the equivalent of the Hays Code inflicted upon them. It has bawdy dialogue, scantily clad women, a silly plot, and an alluring star in Josephine Baker. Of course, the fact that Baker was an African-American and simply allowed to be a leading lady, without a lot made over her skin color, is something that was unthinkable in America at the time. There are a couple of other things you wouldn't see in an American film; the F bomb is dropped in one scene, and there are a couple of instances of near toplessness. The film is light in tone and rather playful, and what it also stars Jean Gabin, Baker is the reason to watch it. While she's a little overly emotive in her acting, her joy is infectious. In one scene, director Marc Allegret emphasizes her elongated form and curves with her giant shadow moving along with her as she dances. In another, she sings as if she were a canary in a giant birdcage, swinging back and forth in the smallest of feathery outfits. "He runs after all the girls, they are all at his mercy...his eyes undress me, his hands sometimes too," she trills. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is rather uneven. The musical numbers look amateurish, and the editing is consistently odd. Worth seeing for Baker and this little window in 1934 France though.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

It's not a great film--the choreography is terrible

It's not a great film--the choreography is terrible and the downbeat ending feels displaced--but Josephine Baker possesses such a vibrant energy that it hardly matters. Jean Gabin is characteristically good, even in a fairly blase role.
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