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The Story of a Three-Day Pass

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The Story of a Three-Day Pass
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NR,1hr 27min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1968
Director:
Melvin Van Peebles
Distributor:
Sigma III Corp.
Starring:
Pierre Doris, Christian Marin, Nicole Berger  ...more
Synopsis: Artfully squeezing every penny out of a grant from the French Cinema Center, Melvin Van Peebles made his directorial debut with Story of a Three-Day Pass. Harry Baird plays a black American GI, Turner, who falls in love with French mademoiselle (Nicole Berger). Upon his return from an idyllic weekend, Turner is demoted by his bigoted captain for fraternizing with a white girl. Honored as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, this poignant little romantic drama "made" Van Peebles, who ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Melvin Van Peebles' first feature film -- shot on a shoestring budget during his self-imposed exile in France -- occasionally betrays itself as the work of a director still developing a firm command of his medium, but it's also visually compelling, ambitious, intelligent, and obviously the work of a man with a lot of ideas and the determination to get them on film. Concerning an African-American soldier ... Full Review
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Pierre Doris
Peasant
Christian Marin
Hotelman
Nicole Berger
Miriam
Harry Baird
Turner
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