Double Feature Paris la belle" (“Paris the Beautiful”) 1960 and LE JOUR SE LÈVE (DAYBREAK), 1938, April 27, 2012

Friday, April 27 – 7:30 PM
"Paris la belle" (“Paris the Beautiful”) 1960, Argos Films, 24 min. Dir. Pierre Prévert. In this delightful short co-scripted by Jacques Prévert, the Paris of 1928 is contrasted with the Paris of 1959, with a combination of lovely black-and-white and color imagery collected by Jacques's brother, Pierre. In French with English subtitles.
LE JOUR SE LÈVE (DAYBREAK), 1938, Studio Canal Plus, 93 min. Dir. Marcel Carné. Seven years before they made film history with CHILDREN OF PARADISE, writer Jacques Prévert and director Marcel Carné teamed up for this landmark of French cinema. Jean Gabin, in one of his best performances, plays a foundry employee driven to murder due to complicated romantic entanglements. In French with English subtitles. [35mm]

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