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The Artist

Michel Hazanavicius · 2011 CE · Film · French · Contemporary

A silent star at the top of the Hollywood tree laughs off the arrival of sound, sinks his own money into a picture nobody wants, and watches an extra he once helped become the industry's new voice. She keeps buying his furniture at auction anonymously. Made silent and in the old frame, apart from two moments where sound arrives on purpose.

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