Cycle
From 01.06. To 27.06.2015.
85th Anniversary of Claude Chabrol’s Birth
Retrospective of Claude Chabrol
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Films in cycle
Handsome Serge
(Beaue Serge, 1958.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Henri Decaë
Synopsis:
François is a sickly student of theology who comes back to his hometown after ten years. The town remained the same while his inhabitants changed. He is most affected by the changes concerning his best friend from childhood, Serge. He is now unhappily married and drowns his sorrow in alcohol. François decides to help him.
35 mm, b/w, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 03.06.2015 AT 21:00
Monday 01.06.2015 AT 19:00
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:
Friday 05.06.2015 AT 21:00
Wednesday 03.06.2015 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:
Saturday 06.06.2015 AT 21:00
Friday 05.06.2015 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:
Monday 15.06.2015 AT 21:00
Saturday 06.06.2015 AT 19:00
Inspector Lavardin
(Inspecteur Lavardin, 1986.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean Rabier
Synopsis:
Lavardin arrives to a coastal town to investigate a murder of a famous Catholic writer. He was found dead on a beach with a message “pig” written across his back. When he starts to question the relatives of the deceased, he realizes that the widow is his own love from long time ago whom he has not seen in many years. As the investigation progresses, he finds out deeply buried secrets…
35 mm, color, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 16.06.2015 AT 21:00
Monday 15.06.2015 AT 19:00
Betty
(1992.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bernard Zitzermann
Synopsis:
Twenty-eight year old alcoholic Betty attracts the attention of an older woman Laura in an inconspicuous restaurant in Paris. Laura is the restaurant owner’s girlfriend and also a former alcoholic. She used to be a nurse and after her husband died she arrived to Paris and never left. She feels sorry for Betty and offer to help her get a hotel room near hers. She takes care of her and finds out her story…
35 mm, color, 103 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 17.06.2015 AT 21:00
Tuesday 16.06.2015 AT 19:00
Hell
(L' enfer, 1994.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bernard Zitzermann
Synopsis:
A young couple Nelly and Paul manage a successful hotel. Besides having business worries, Paul starts to doubt his wife’s fidelity. He reinterprets small details, such as Nelly’s hospitality and cordiality towards guests, as signs of cheating. As time goes by, Paul becomes more certain that his wife is cheating on him. His jealousy grows into paranoia and with every step he is on a downward spiral…
35 mm, color, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 18.06.2015 AT 21:00
Wednesday 17.06.2015 AT 19:00
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.
35 mm, color, 112 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 26.06.2015 AT 21:00
Thursday 18.06.2015 AT 19:00
The Flower of Evil
(Fleur du mal, 2003.)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
PHOTOGRAPHY: Eduardo Serra
Synopsis:
Film follows three generations of a well-off family from southwestern France. After four years of absence, the son François Vasseur returns to his family. At the airport he meets his father Gérard, a successful businessman prone to alcohol and women. His current wife Anne is running for a mayor and Gérard is not pleased. François is attracted to Anne’s daughter Michèle, who shares his sentiments.