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Little by Little

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1970 · 96 min Comedy Drama
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

African entrepreneur Damien arrives in Paris to study European customs for building a skyscraper back home. His naive curiosity collides with the absurdities of Western civilization — he measures the busts of Parisian women, analyzes kissing techniques, and attempts to decipher subway logic. Each observation becomes a micro-discovery, each misunderstanding a witty commentary on colonial legacy and cultural stereotypes. The film transforms anthropological fieldwork into a series of grotesque vignettes, where progress is measured with a tailor's tape and modernization resembles a collection of bizarre rituals.

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Original Title Petit à petit
Year 1970
Country France, Niger
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Jean Rouch
Runtime 96 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (13 votes)

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Jean Rouch crafts not merely a comedy but an ethnographic satire where the "civilized" world becomes the object of study. The camera follows the protagonist with anthropological detachment, transforming daily situations into rituals of the "Parisian tribe."

What lingers after viewing is the dual sensation of laughing at measurement absurdities while recognizing we've similarly metricized our own lives. The film feels strikingly contemporary, as consumer culture has only refined this art of measuring everything. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jean Rouch

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Sun-drenched Paris through an amateur anthropologist's lens, where burlesque meets social study.

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