Cinematheque Schedule

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France | 2019 | Bruno Dumont

Winner of France’s Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film of 2019, Bruno Dumont’s follow-up to his Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc is less of a rock musical than that 2017 movie was. But it does retain child actress Lise Leplat Prudhomme, who, at age 10, is the youngest person ever to play the Maid of Orleáns on film. (The future saint was actually 17-19 years old during her capture, trial, and execution—all of...

Canada | 1982 | Phillip Borsos

Never released on DVD or Blu-ray, this charming, low-key western stars mustachioed, soft-spoken Richard Farnsworth as courtly, real-life American stagecoach robber Bill Miner. Freed into the early 20th century after 33 years behind bars, Miner marvels at the young century's technological innovations (like movies). But he also can’t help but see the tantalizing new opportunities for incorrigible outlaws like himself. "Farnsworth is a superb camera subject, with a lulling sexual presence.” –Pauline Kael. New 4K...

France, Italy, Switzerland | 1970 | Claude Sautet

The late, great Michel Piccoli stars in this Claude Sautet drama about an architect, separated from his wife and son, who is having an affair with another woman (Romy Schneider). But he can’t commit fully to his new love because he discovers he is still emotionally attached to his family. “A remarkable portrait of the compromises of marriage and the fickle stirrings of the human heart, structured as an intricate narrative jigsaw.” –Variety. With Léa...

Belgium, France, Luxembourg | 2019 | Christophe Honoré

Chiara Mastroianni stars in this whimsical, blatantly artificial romantic fantasy about a serially unfaithful middle-aged wife who suddenly comes face to face with a much younger version of her now-boring husband (when he was in his sexual prime), as well as with apparitions of other former and current lovers. (Imagine A Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life as a bedroom farce.) This frothy, clever comedy was shown as part of CIFF44 Streams. “Real emotions...

France, Portugal | 2010 | Raúl Ruiz

Over an hour longer than the 266-min. “theatrical” cut released in 2010 (but never shown at the Cinematheque), this six-part miniseries constituted the last major achievement of the late, great baroque storyteller Raúl Ruiz, who died in 2011. Based on a 19th-century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branco, it's an opulent, imaginative costume drama that spans three decades and four European countries and introduces a multitude of characters. The saga focuses on an orphan boy...