Swashtober 7: Fanfan la Tulipe!
Hello, friends! There IS no Swashtober #6 because I was in bed with a fever all yesterday, but I've been feeling a little better for the past hour or so. Still going to take it very easy but I thought I'd do a sketch if I felt up to it.
Fanfan la Tulipe is a delightful 1952 French swashbuckling comedy-adventure-romance movie. You can find the Criterion disk for very cheap! Fanfan is tricked into joining the army by a phony fortune teller who promises him a grand destiny, and decides he's going to make sure that destiny happens. Plenty of swordfights and one of the best horse chase and rescue scenes in cinema.