Movies:
French Postcards
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy Drama
- Movie Type: Romantic Comedy, Ensemble Film
- Themes: Americans Abroad, College Life
- Director: Willard Huyck
- Main Cast: Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valerie Quennessen, Debra Winger
- Release Year: 1979
- Country: FR/WG/US
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A "critic's darling" of 1979, the modestly produced French Postcards has an appeal that goes beyond the wine and cheese crowd. Miles Chapin plays Joel, an American student in France on an exchange program. Joel's teacher, Mme. Tessier (Marie-France Pisier), is a "Miss Jean Brodie" type whose ideas of education are highly unorthodox. One of Mme. Tessier's extracurricular activities consists of a torrid romance with the impressionable Joel. Of interest to contemporary viewers are the supporting-cast appearances of future stars Debra Winger and Mandy Patinkin. The "coming-of-age" through-line of French Postcards was second nature to screenwriters Gloria Katz and Willard Hyuck, whose previous projects included American Graffiti. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Miles Chapin - Joel
- Blanche Baker - Laura
- David Marshall Grant - Alex
- Valerie Quennessen - Toni
- Debra Winger - Melanie
Mandy Patinkin - Sayyid; Marie-France Pisier - Mme. Catherine Tessier; Jean Rochefort - M. Tessier; Lynn Carlin - Mrs. Weber; George Coe - Mr. Weber; Christophe Bourseiller - Pascal; Marie-Anne Chazel - Cecile; Véronique Jannot - Malsy; Francois Lalande - M. Levert; André Penvern - Jean-Louis; Jean Sullivan - Student in the Play; Anémone - Christine; Gloria Katz - Chief Snail; Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko - Photographer; Patrick Fierry - Jean-Claude; Jean-Jose Richer - Medieval Knight; Roland Neunreuther - Bus Driver; Susan Bredhoff - Iranian Maid; Laurence Ligneres - Mme. Levert
