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Le Signe du Lion (1962)

Directed by Éric Rohmer · Cinematography by Nicolas Hayer

103 min61 frames

Drama

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Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: establishing — A dense urban grid extends across the frame in a black and white photograph. Rows of apartment…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — A man in a white robe sits on a bed inside a dimly lit room. He holds a telephone to his ear while…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A wide city street in Paris features multi-story stone buildings and a cafe terrace. A street cleaner…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A narrow European street lined with vintage automobiles and multi-story buildings. Cars are parked along…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A dark urban street at night lined with buildings and glowing string lights. Pedestrians walk on…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — A 1960s residential interior features patterned curtains and a framed picture on the wall. A slender…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: establishing — A high-angle view of the Seine river flowing past the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Vintage…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — An outdoor cafe terrace with two men standing outside a large glass window pane. They gesture toward…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — A man stands in a cramped, tiled corner while speaking on a wall-mounted phone. He holds the receiver…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — A dark bathroom contains a sink and a mirror hanging on the wall. A man sits in a chair while looking…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: fullbody — A gravel-covered park area features scattered metal chairs and bare tree trunks. A man wearing a…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A wide view of a river in a city during the evening twilight. The Seine river flows under a stone bridge…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A stone bridge over a river in Paris at night features ornate lamp posts. A solitary figure sits on a…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: medium — A convertible travels down a long road flanked by lines of tall, dense trees. The driver holds the…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: wide — A stone bridge spans a wide river with a gravel bank in the foreground. A woman stands with two children…Le Signe du Lion (1962) movie still: closeup — A folded piece of paper features cursive handwriting in dark ink on a light surface. The text reads…
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What is Le Signe du Lion about?

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope.

Le Signe du lion is a black and white French drama film directed by Éric Rohmer, which was filmed on location in Paris in the summer of 1959 but not released until May 1962, and is not among his Six Moral Tales. It is his first full-length work. Along with The 400 Blows and À Double Tour by Claude Chabrol, who produced The Sign of Leo, it counts as one of the first films of the French New Wave.

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What does the cinematography of Le Signe du Lion look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Le Signe du Lion builds its coverage from wide compositions (42% of the sample), with medium shots (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Nicolas Hayer keeps 64% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 68% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of Le Signe du Lion?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Le Signe du Lion (1962) are #494949, #8d8d8d, #030303, #2d2d2d, #6d6d6d, #c7c7c7 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2d2d2d
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