Cycle
From 29.04.2008. To 26.06.2014.
Program of films by Jacques Demy
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Films in cycle
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Les parapluies de Cherbourg, France, 1964)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Genevieve, a seventeen-year-old girl, lives with her mother who owns an umbrella shop. Genevieve is in love with the mechanic Guy who has to go to the army. She is left alone and pregnant. Even though she is still in love with Guy, she, because of the child, marries a rich jewelry merchant.
color, 91'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 21.06.2014 AT 21:00
Friday 20.06.2014 AT 19:00
Wednesday 30.04.2008 AT 19:00
Tuesday 29.04.2008 AT 20:00
Lola (1961)
(1961)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Raoul Coutard
Synopsis:
Anouk Aimée plays Lola, a cabaret singer in Nantes and mother of a small boy. It has been seven years since the boy’s father left them and went to America telling them he would return upon getting rich. In his absence, Lola’s childhood friend Roland falls in love with her. American sailor Frankie is also not immune to Lola’s charms.
b/w, 85 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 26.06.2014 AT 19:00
Tuesday 24.06.2014 AT 21:00
Friday 02.05.2008 AT 19:00
Wednesday 30.04.2008 AT 21:00
Bay of Angels
(La baie des anges, 1962)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Jackie is a middle-aged gambler who leaves her husband and children in Paris and goes to Nice. She spends time in the casinos. Just when she gets lucky at gambling she meets a handsome young man, Jean. Foolishly convinced that he was the reason for her win, she starts an affair with him…
b/w, 89 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 24.06.2014 AT 19:00
Monday 23.06.2014 AT 21:00
Saturday 03.05.2008 AT 19:00
Friday 02.05.2008 AT 21:00
Once Upon a Time
(Peau d'âne, 1970)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ghislain Cloquet
Synopsis:
This is a film adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale about a king who promises his dying wife that he will not marry a less pretty woman than herself. Because of such an unusual demand the king chooses his own daughter, the princess. In order to avoid this destiny the princess, with help from a fairy, starts asking for impossible things as her wedding gifts…
color, 89 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 21.06.2014 AT 19:00
Friday 20.06.2014 AT 21:00
Monday 05.05.2008 AT 19:00
Saturday 03.05.2008 AT 21:00
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort, 1967)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ghislain Cloquet
Synopsis:
Sisters in real life, Françoise Dorléac and Catherine Deneuve play sisters in this film. Twins Solange and Delphine live together and work at a music and dance school. Solange teaches piano, while Delphine teaches dancing. Even though they dream of Paris, convinced that they would find love and careers there, romance awaits them right around the corner… Film has both English and Croatian subtitles!
color, digital, 128 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 26.06.2014 AT 21:00
Monday 23.06.2014 AT 19:00
Tuesday 06.05.2008 AT 19:00
Monday 05.05.2008 AT 21:00
Jacquot de Nantes
(1991)
Directed by: Agnès Varda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Patrick Blossier, Agnès Godard, Georges Strouvé
Synopsis:
A year after her husband’s death, director and screenwriter Agnes Varda directed this film about his childhood, based on Demy’s memoirs. We follow the life of the famous director; as a boy in 1930s he was fascinated by film. Growing up in a happy family, small Jacques buys a camera and makes his first amateur film.