Youth, romance and disillusionment collide in ADIEU PHILIPPINE, Jacques Rozier’s spirited 1962 debut. A young television technician falls in with two aspiring actresses before the trio escapes to Corsica, chasing freedom, unpaid debts and each other. Playful yet politically alert, Rozier captures a generation caught between carefree youth and the pressures of adult life.

Rialto Recommends ADIEU PHILIPPINE is French New Wave cinema with sand between its toes. Jacques Rozier blends improvisation, documentary energy and romantic mischief into a portrait of youth trying to outrun work, war and responsibility. Breezy on the surface but edged with social tension, it is spontaneous, funny and quietly bittersweet - a film alive to the thrill of freedom before it disappears.