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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)
(plus)Critiques (5)
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 is as resilient as ever. His appetite for a brawl at a party or a boxing performance in the ring takes your breath away. Additionally, I must admire him for his sensitive romantic storyline with beautifully crafted ending. A gem from the magical era of cinematography.
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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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I'll admit at the outset that I liked the rather similar The Circus a bit more, but I certainly don't want to detract from the beauty and brilliance of City Lights. In the end, it's not quite as comic as its predecessor, but the "drunken restaurant scene" or the "whistle scene" really had me laughing my ass off. Alongside the humorous peripeties, there is a parallel serious line that more or less revolves around a blind florist and the Tramp's relationship with her. And when it all turned out the way it did, I felt really sorry for the Tramp. In short, a high quality (and still silent) Chaplin film that could be faulted, but is ultimately a decent spectacle.
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Charlie Chaplin once again demonstrates incredible creativity in terms of the structure and continuity of individual scenes. Moreover, he proves to us that even in comedy, the plot matters, and thus he created quite interesting characters, apart from his classic Tramp persona, of course. The eccentric millionaire is excellent, and the blind florist is beautifully poignant. Again, a film that works in all its moments.
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