Film Details

On July 14, 1985, the Cinematheque presented its first film. It was Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 French movie A Week’s Vacation and it showed in CWRU’s Strosacker Auditorium. Three decades later we celebrate our 30^th anniversary (and Bastille Day, of course) with another top-notch French program, this time at the Capitol Theatre. On 7/14/15 we screen three short works by three master filmmakers. The headliner is Jean Renoir, whose great A Day in the Country (Partie de campagne, 1936/released 1946) will be shown in a brand new digital restoration. Based on a Guy de Maupassant story, this 40-min. featurette follows two elegant Parisian women on a daytime outing who are wooed by two rustic young men. Renoir’s miniature masterpiece will be preceded by two other pastoral French classics: Jacques Tati’s The School for Postmen (L'école des facteurs, 1947), an uproarious short about speedy rural mail delivery, and the delightful “La Maison Tellier” episode from Max Ophuls’ three-part 1952 classic Le Plaisir. This segment, also based on a Maupassant story, follows a group of prostitutes who accompany their madam to the country for her niece’s first communion.