Zazie dans le Métro | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | July 5, 2026
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Peak surrealist French comedy that has the rare distinction of being a film about a precocious child that I do not find unbearable.
| genre | Comedy | foreign |
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| synopsis | A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. |
| lead actors | Catherine Demongeot | Philippe Noiret | Hubert Deschamps | Carla Marlier | Annie Fratellini | Vittorio Caprioli | Yvonne Clech | Odette Piquet | Nicolas Bataille | Antoine Roblot | Marc Doelnitz | Jacques Gheusi | Louis Lalanne | Christine Howard | Jacques Dufilho | Little Bara | Georges Faye | De Lannoy | Paul Vally | Jean-Yves Bouvier | Jean-Pierre Posier | Jeanne Allard | Jacqueline Doyen | Arlette Balkis | Alegrina | Virginie Merlin | Irène Chabrier | Simone Duhart | Max Desrau | Claude Confortès | Richard Bigotini | Claude Berri | Sacha Distel | Madame Pâquerette | Jean Rupert |
| director | Louis Malle |