French Postcards with Miles Chapin: DVD Cover
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French Postcards Director: Willard Huyck Cast: Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valerie Quennessen

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  • DVD Release Date: 07/01/2008
  • Original Release: 1979
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 6,238
 
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Disc #1 -- French Postcards
1. Welcome to France [7:10]
2. American Students [5:33]
3. Following Madame Tessier [2:13]
4. A Date With Toni [4:58]
5. Alex's Song [9:16]
6. An Affair [1:18]
7. Stalling [2:04]
8. Caught in the Act [6:44]
9. Spain [5:36]
10. The Festival [6:14]
11. Great Expectations [2:27]
12. "The New Joel" [5:35]
13. Joel's Play [:47]
14. Trains and Airplanes [8:13]

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Editorial Reviews

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 Guide

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September 03, 2002: This film literally changed my life when I first saw it at 12 years of age. But the teacher does not have a romance with Joel played by Miles Chaplin as stated in the Barnes and Noble reveiw, but with the character played by David Marshall Grant. A friend of mine actually tracked this video down and bought it for me. It is truly one beautiful charming film!

This review was written about the VHS edition.