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i must confess that christian-jaque's "fanfan la tulipe" represents an area of french cinema thus far negleted and therefore unknown to myself. gerard philipe, an actor previously unheard of by myself, but somewhat a legend akin to james dean in his native france, leads an enjoyable cast through a fun enough swashbuckling adventure set during the seven years war. the film displays a wit and sense of irony that i, rather patronisingly i must admit, thought would have been lost on the era of the films production, alas i found it to be a surprisingly entertaining 90 minutes. gerard philipe is understandibly lauded in his homeland, judging by his performance in "fanfan la tulipe" it is due to his charismatic and whimisical nature, and proves very watchable. the film is reminiscent of kubrick's "barry lyndon" in many respects, in tone and literal story, and i wouldnt be surprised to find that jaque's film did indeed inspire kubrick's work.
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