Cycle
From 24.03. To 04.04.2011.
In memoriam Claude Chabrol
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Merci pour le chocolat
(2000.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Renato Berta
Synopsis:
Young pianist Jeanne suspects that she was given to the wrong parents in the hospital and decides to look for her biological mother and father. Her search leads her to the famous pianist André and his second wife Mika, heiress to the Swiss chocolate factory Muller. She meets Guillaume, André’s son from his first marriage to Lisabeth who died in a car accident.
color, 99 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 25.03.2011 AT 19:00
Thursday 24.03.2011 AT 20:00
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:
Saturday 26.03.2011 AT 19:00
Friday 25.03.2011 AT 21:00
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:
Monday 28.03.2011 AT 19:00
Saturday 26.03.2011 AT 21:00
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:
Tuesday 29.03.2011 AT 19:00
Monday 28.03.2011 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:
Thursday 31.03.2011 AT 19:00
Tuesday 29.03.2011 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:
Friday 01.04.2011 AT 19:00
Thursday 31.03.2011 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.
color, 108 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 02.04.2011 AT 19:00
Friday 01.04.2011 AT 21:00
A Judgement in Stone
(La cérémonie, 1995.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bernard Zitzermann
Synopsis:
Sophie is a young maid in the house of the upper class family Lelievre. Even though she us a bit strange, they are satisfied with her. They are not aware that she does not know how to read or write and is ashamed of it. Her only friend is Jeanne who works at the post office and whom the landlady Catherine Lelievre does not like. While Sophie is shy and withdrawn, Jeanne is the complete opposite.