THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT / FRENCH FILM NOIR 1946-64

SAT—THU, DEC 13—18, 2014 ▪ ROXIE THEATER
Presented by Mid-Century Productions and I Wake Up Dreaming

SATURDAY MATINEE, DEC 13

The Truth

LA VERITÉ
THE TRUTH

(1960) 2:00

A Kiss for a Killer

UNE MANCHE ET LA BELLE
A KISS FOR A KILLER

(1957) 4:30

SATURDAY EVENING

Paris Pick-up

LE MONTE-CHARGE
PARIS PICK-UP

(1962) 7:00

Highway Pickup

CHAIR DE POULE
HIGHWAY PICK-UP

(1962) 9:00

SUNDAY, DEC 14

Highway Pickup

CHAIR DE POULE
HIGHWAY PICK-UP

(1962) 2:00, 7:00

The Truth

LA VERITÉ
THE TRUTH

(1960) 4:30, 9:15

MONDAY, DEC 15

Highway Pickup

CHAIR DE POULE
HIGHWAY PICK-UP

(1962) 7:00

The Truth

LA VERITÉ
THE TRUTH

(1960) 9:15

TUESDAY, DEC 16

Witness in the City

UN TEMOIN DANS LA VILLE
WITNESS IN THE CITY

(1959) 7:00

I Spit on Your Graves

J'IRAI CRACHER SUR VOS TOMBES
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVES

(1959) 9:15

WEDNESDAY, DEC 17

A Kiss for a Killer

UNE MANCHE ET LA BELLE
A KISS FOR A KILLER

(1957) 7:00

Witness in the City

UN TEMOIN DANS LA VILLE
WITNESS IN THE CITY

(1959) 9:00

THURSDAY, DEC 18

Highway Pickup

CHAIR DE POULE
HIGHWAY PICK-UP

(1962) 7:00

I Spit on Your Graves

J'IRAI CRACHER SUR VOS TOMBES
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVES

(1959) 9:15

*Note that all films will be shown with English subtitles.

MONDAY, DEC 15, 2014

CHAIR DE POULE / HIGHWAY PICK-UP  7:00

Highway Pickup - Chair de poule: Jean Sorel, Catherine Rouvel, Robert Hossein

Legendary director Duvivier (PÉPÉ LE MOKO, LE FIN DU JOUR, PANIQUE) was nearing the end of his illustrious career, but he saved one of the best for last in CHAIR DE POULE, in which the essence of noir's hard-boiled school is distilled in a taut tale of fate, lust and enveloping entrapment. Robert Hossein is at his astringent best as a thief on the lam who jumps from frying pan into the fire when he holes up at a highway truck stop where he's quickly embroiled in the grasping, malevolent schemes of a hard-bitten, voluptuous vixen (Catherine Rouvel) who will literally stop at nothing to get what she wants! With Jean Sorel, and Jacques Bertand. With photography from Léonce-Henri Burel, longtime right-hand man of Robert Bresson. Dir. Julien Duvivier (1963, 107 min.).

LA VERITÉ / THE TRUTH  9:15

La verite - The Truth

The emergence of Brigitte Bardot signaled a sea change in how sexuality was depicted on screen, and her superstardom provoked a firestorm of controversy and backlash. LA VERITÉ traded on that notoriety and placed itself squarely in the middle of the French culture wars, with Bardot literally and figuratively "on trial" for her lack of decorum. Flashbacks ignite the sordid tale of her character's misplaced loved for a narcissistic composer (Sami Frey) and become the basis of a furious courtroom battle when she is charged with his murder. With Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel as the bickering barristers. Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot (1960, 122 min.)

Highway Pickup - Chair de poule

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