Relations between France and Britain have always been uneasy and
ambivalent. But in cinema the Second World War changed all that for
a time. Although the two countries' wartime fortunes differed,
post-war both were busy reintegrating returning servicemen and
prisoners of war and accommodating the changed aspirations of
women. Margaret Butler examines these subjects and more in her
comparative study of the cinemas of Britain and France during and
after the war. Using the concept of community, she shows how cinema
dealt with ideas of belonging and alienation, inclusion and
exclusion, unity and division. She also draws on contemporary
debates and a perceptive reading of key films, to reveal afresh the
meaning and appeal of such French classics as "Le Corbeau" and "Les
Enfants du Paradis" and notable British productions such as
"Waterloo Road" and "Passport to Pimlico."
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