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Zazie in the Metro – or simply Zazie, depending on the translation – (original French title: Zazie dans le métro), a French novel written in 1959, was the first major success of author Raymond Queneau.

Plot

Provincial pre-teenager Zazie stays in Paris with her Uncle Gabriel (a female impersonator) for two days, while her mother spends some time with her lover. Zazie manages to evade her uncle's custody, however, and, metro strike notwithstanding, sets out to explore the city on her own.

Film

In 1960 the book was adapted by Louis Malle into a film of the same name, starring Catherine Demongeot as Zazie and Philippe Noiret as Gabriel.

Cast

Catherine Demongeot - Zazie
Philippe Noiret
- Uncle Gabriel
Hubert Deschamps - Turandot
Carla Marlier - Albertine
Annie Fratellini
- Mado
Vittorio Caprioli - Trouscaillon
Jacques Dufilho
- Ferdinand Grédoux
Yvonne Clech - Madame Mouaque
Odette Piquet - Zazie's mother
Nicolas Bataille - Fédor
Antoine Roblot - Charles
Marc Doelnitz - M. Coquetti
Sacha Distel - Cameo appearance (uncredited)

Editions in print

ISBN 0142180041 (Penguin paperback, translated by Barbara Wright)

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