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of France. Released in 1980, the movie was already raising issues that would be brought up 30 years later during
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was released on 14 February 1979, and received acclaim both in continental France and its
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premiered in France on 10 May, the very day of the
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on French movie screens, Lara soon engaged in creating a truly
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cinema. In this, he was following the advice legendary
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once gave him, at the time of a three-month stay in
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