Cycle
From 02.10. To 25.10.2006.
Program of films by Claude Chabrol
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The Good Girls
(Les bonnes femmes, 1960.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Henri Decaë
Synopsis:
Four young girls, Jacqueline, Ginette, Rita and Jane, work together. Their boss is a man who preaches about morality but in real life is far from a moral person. The girls, each in their own way, look for love and happiness in life. Jane has a boyfriend in the army, but often dates other men. Rita has a fiancée whose family cares only about its good reputation. Ginette mysteriously disappears every night and Jacqueline is constantly followed by a young man on a motorbike.
35 mm, b/w, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 03.10.2006 AT 21:00
Monday 02.10.2006 AT 19:00
The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood
(Le tigre aime la chair fraiche, 1964)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
In this spy action film, Roger Hanin plays a secret agent whose code name is Tiger. His mission is to stop a secret organization to hinder the Turkish-French agreement on sale of forty military planes. Daniela Bianchi plays the daughter of a Turkish diplomat who takes part in negotiations.
b/w, 90 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 03.10.2006 AT 19:00
Monday 02.10.2006 AT 21:00
Marie Chantal vs. Dr. Kha
(Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha, 1965)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Marie-Chantal is a relatively normal French girl who accidentally gets her hands on an unusual object - a jewel shaped like a tiger with rubies for eyes. A secret agent gives the tiger to Marie on a train and is soon after murdered. Marie-Chantal does not know that the tiger is actually a dangerous virus that may kill all human kind. Dr Kha, Russian and American secret agents are looking for the tiger…
color, 110 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 05.10.2006 AT 21:00
Wednesday 04.10.2006 AT 19:00
The Unfaithful Wife
(La femme infidele, 1969.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
A faithful husband, an unfaithful wife and a murder… When Charles suspects that his wife is cheating on him he hires a private detective in order to learn the truth. Unfortunately it turns out that he was right - his wife Hélčne is seeing a writer, Victor. Charles decides to pay Victor a visit…
35 mm, color, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 05.10.2006 AT 19:00
Wednesday 04.10.2006 AT 21:00
The Beast Must Die
(Que la bęte meure, 1969)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Charles Thenier’s son died in a traffic accident and the culprit ran away. Charles is determined to find the unknown culprit and arrives to Paris. There he meets the actress Helene who witnessed the accident. The two of them have an affair, and soon it turns out that she is the sister in law of the culprit, Paul Decourt. Charles becomes friends with Paul’s son Phillippe...
color, 110 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 07.10.2006 AT 21:00
Friday 06.10.2006 AT 19:00
The Butcher
(Le boucher, 1970.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Helene and Popaul meet at a wedding in a small French village Périgord. She is a teacher and he is a butcher. Even though they are very different they become friends. Simultaneously there is a series of murders of young girls. At one of the murder scenes, Helene finds Popaul’s lighter…
35 mm, color, 93 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 07.10.2006 AT 19:00
Friday 06.10.2006 AT 21:00
The Break Up
(La rupture, 1970)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabiere
Synopsis:
Hélčne is married to the mentally ill Charles. In a fit of fury Charles hurts their son Michel who ends up in a hospital. At first Hélčne moves to her parents’ house but soon rents an apartment near the hospital and spends most of the time with her son. Charles’ rich parents decide to ask for custody of the boy and pay an investigator to dig up dirty stuff about Hélčne…
color, 124 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 17.10.2006 AT 21:00
Monday 16.10.2006 AT 19:00
Dr. Popaul
(Docteur Popaul, 1972)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Dr. Paul Simay and his colleagues in the hospital make a bet that one of them will seduce the ugliest woman. Since Doctor Paul usually flirts with unattractive women he is sure that he will win. Soon he meets and gets engaged to Christine, whose father is a rich doctor. At the wedding Paul meets his wife’s pretty sister…
color, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 17.10.2006 AT 19:00
Monday 16.10.2006 AT 21:00
Innocents with Dirty Hands
(Les Innocents aux mains sales, 1975)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Julie Wormser is married to the rich alcoholic Louis whom she does not love. She cheats on him with their neighbor, the writer Jeff. The couple plans to kill Louis. Soon they get their chance and Julie hits her husband leaving Jeff to end the job. The next day both men have vanished. Where is Louis’ body? Is Julie a widow? And where is Jeff?
color, 121 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 23.10.2006 AT 19:00
Wednesday 18.10.2006 AT 19:00
Blood Relatives
(Les liens de sang, 1978)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
One night seventeen-year-old Patricia walks into a police station. She is covered in blood and claims that she has witnessed the sexual assault and murder of her cousin Muriel. Inspector Carella starts the investigation and looks for unknown perpetrators. Soon, Patricia changes her story and says that the murderer is her brother Andrew...
color, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 19.10.2006 AT 19:00
Wednesday 18.10.2006 AT 21:00
Violette Noziere
(1978)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
The story is based on a true event from 1930s in Paris. It is a story about nineteen-year-old Violette Noziere, on trial for murdering her father and the attempted murder of her mother. In 1978, Isabelle Huppert won the award for Best Actress in Cannes.
color, 120 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 24.10.2006 AT 19:00
Monday 23.10.2006 AT 21:00
Story of Women
(Une affaire de femmes, 1988)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
In 1941, the Germans occupy a French town. We follow the story of a woman who, in order to secure a better life for her family, performs illegal abortions… This film was inspired by Marie-Louise Girard who was executed in 1943 under the charge of committing a crime against the state. By performing abortions, she was said to have been minimizing the number of potential soldiers.