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May Fools

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Brett Alan Dewing
Mar 18, 2024
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Somehow, it's taken me a long time to get to this film, even though I adore French director Louis Malle. I just watched Alamo Bay the other day, and the thought that one man made both films (and a dozen others, none like the last) is almost absurd...like May Fools.

I knew I was in for something special –- and unexpected -- when the film opened in what tu…

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