The Story of a Three Day Pass
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Director Melvin Van Peebles Screenplay Melvin Van Peebles Writer Melvin Van Peebles Language English
French | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 8 July 1968 (1968-07-08) Music director Melvin Van Peebles, Mickey Baker Cast Harry Baird (Turner), Nicole Berger (Miriam), Pierre Doris (Peasant)Similar movies Related Melvin Van Peebles movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Story of a Three-Day Pass (French title La Permission) is a black-and-white film written and directed, often in a French New Wave style, by Melvin Van Peebles, based on a novel he wrote in French, La Permission. Although made in 1967, the film was not released in the U.S. until July 8, 1968. Van Peebles also collaborated on the score with Mickey Baker and sings one of the two songs written for the film, "When My Number Gonna Hit". The other song, "Hard Times", is a man-woman duet; one of the singers is Mickey Baker.
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Synopsis
The film tells the story of Turner (Harry Baird), a Black U.S. army man stationed in France whose captain gives him a three-day pass just after he promotes him. As Turner gets ready to leave, his reflection in the mirror accuses him of being an Uncle Tom, but this is not the only time his reflection criticizes him or makes him doubt himself.
Turner goes to Paris, where he wanders mostly aimlessly for the first day. He finds himself in a nightclub, where he meets a white French shop clerk named Miriam (Nicole Berger). The pair spends the rest of the weekend together, enjoying their romance but also struggling with the complexities of racism. Eventually their miscegenation is reported to Turner's captain (Hal Brav) and Turner is restricted to barracks, where he decides that such amorous adventures are futile.
Cast
Harry Baird as Turner Nicole Berger as Miriam Hal Brav as Turner's captain
Distribution
The movie is currently distributed through Xenon Pictures.
References
The Story of a Three-Day Pass WikipediaThe Story of a Three-Day Pass IMDb The Story of a Three Day Pass themoviedb.org