Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)

May

2

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)

A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts “Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]“. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…”

– Fontaine

#FilmDuJour #May #RobertBresson #AndréDevigny #FrançoisLeterrier #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #WW2 #biography #BookAdaptation #prison #JailBreak #France #1950s ★★★★☆

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

Apr

2

1964

A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety.

#FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆

La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)

Mar

17

A woman cries. Captions read “on March 17th,”. DP: Néstor Almendros.

“Our past doesn't belong to us.”

#FilmDuJour #March #FrançoisTruffaut #HenryJames #NathalieBaye #MauriceJaubert #NéstorAlmendros #RogerCorman #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★☆☆☆

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

#FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½

Le Juif errant (Luitz-Morat, 1926)

Feb

13

1682

Antonin Artaud as Gringalet. DPs: Maurice Arnou, Raoul Aubourdier, Georges Daret, Karémine Mérobian & André-Wladimir Reybas.

#FilmDuJour #February #LuitzMorat #EugèneSue #AndréMarnay #GabrielGabrio #MauriceSchutz #ClaudeMérelle #JeanneHelbling #AntoninArtaud #JeanPeyrière #MauriceArnou #RaoulAubourdier #GeorgesDaret #KarémineMérobian #AndréWladimirReybas #BookAdaptation #France #1920s

L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)

Feb

2

Aiche (Claudia Cardinale) washing Principe Donati's (Vittorio Gassman) feet. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

#FilmDuJour #February #MarcoFerreri #EnzoJannacci #ClaudiaCardinale #UgoTognazzi #MichelPiccoli #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #mystery #religion #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½

Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto Rossellini, 1977)

Jan

31

1977

Rossellini on site. DPs: Néstor Almendros, Jean Chiabaut & Emmanuel Machuel.

#FilmDuJour #January #RobertoRossellini #RichardRogers #SuRogers #RenzoPiano #GianfrancoFranchini #NéstorAlmendros #JeanChiabaut #EmmanuelMachuel #art #documentary #CentrePompidou #museums #architecture #France #Paris #1970s

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

X2000 (François Ozon, 1998)

Jan

1

2000

A young, naked man holding a drink observes two men asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. On the wall behind them the text “2000” spelled out with tinsel garlands. DP: Pierre Stoeber.

#FilmDuJour #January #FrançoisOzon #PierreStoeber #ShortFilm #holidays #France #1990s

Traversées [Crossing Over] (Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 1982)

Dec

31

1980

The two passengers stuck on a ferry, endlessly traveling between shorelines (via). DP: Gilberto Azevedo.

#FilmDuJour #December #MahmoudBenMahmoud #FadhelJaziri #JulianNegulesco #ÉvaDarlan #VincentGrass #ChristianMaillet #JeanPierreDauzun #FrancescoAccolla #GilbertoAzevedo #Tunisia #France #Belgium #1980s