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Charlie ChaplinPhotographie:
Roland TotherohActeurs·trices:
Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers, Albert Austin, Jean Harlow, Henry Bergman, Robert Parrish, Tiny Ward, Hank Mann, Robert Graves (plus)Résumés(1)
Après une série de coups du sort, Charlie le vagabond rencontre une jeune fleuriste aveugle. La détresse et le charme de la jeune fille l'émeuvent. Il lui donne le peu d'argent qui lui reste en échange d'une fleur. La jeune fille le prend pour un riche promeneur ; il se garde bien de la détromper. Peu après, par le plus grand des hasards, il sauve la vie d'un millionnaire excentrique qui, sous l'effet de l'alcool, lui donne sa voiture ainsi qu'une grosse somme d'argent. Charlie peut enfin épater sa belle. Hélas pour lui, le millionnaire, une fois dégrisé, ne le reconnaît pas. Il ne reste plus à Charlie qu'à trouver un travail, si possible bien payé... (France Télévisions Distribution)
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Critiques (4)
I'm not going to write about what a genius Chaplin is, because we all know that already. And yet, I was again struck by how perfect this film is, how brilliantly it brings the two storylines together and how it manages to both royally entertain and move with a beautiful romantic plot. Charlie's boxing match remains one of the funniest scenes to this day, while the ending could easily aspire to the title of the most touching in cinema. One of the greatest gems of the golden era of silent movies. 100%
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An interesting thing is that, while Chaplin can sort of bore me in short films and some of his gags tend to be stretched, he (thankfully) doesn’t in feature films. City Lights is a big caresses punctuated by bursts of laughter - the boxing match is much better than in The Champion (1915), the night to morning parties are perfect... There is also the beautiful romance and the ending, which is not melancholically bitter, but somehow warm and full of hope.
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Charlie Chaplin once again demonstrates his incredible inventiveness when it comes to the structure and continuity of individual scenes. Moreover, he proves to us that even in comedy, there is also a plot, and he has created quite interesting characters, apart from his classic Tramp, of course. The eccentric millionaire is excellent, and the blind flower girl is beautifully touching. Once again, a film that works in every moment.
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