French cinema in the 1970s

This book re-examines French cinema of the 1970s. It focuses on the debates which shook French cinema, and the calls for film-makers to rethink their manner of filming, subject matter and ideals in the immediate aftermath of the student revolution of May 1968.
Alison Smith examines the effect of this re-thinking across the spectrum of French production, the rise of new genres and re-formulation of ...